''Tenebrio'' is a genus of

darkling beetle Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...

s. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food.

Species

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Tenebrio culinaris ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * ''Tenebrio ...

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Tenebrio guineensis ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Tenebrio giganteus ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Tenebrio grandicollis ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Tenebrio molitor Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, ''Tenebrio molitor'', a species of darkling beetle. Like all holometabolic insects, they go through four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Larvae typically measure about or ...

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mealworm Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, ''Tenebrio molitor'', a species of darkling beetle. Like all holometabolic insects, they go through four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Larvae typically measure about or ...

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Tenebrio obscurus ''Tenebrio obscurus'', or the dark mealworm beetle, is a species of darkling beetle. The larvae, when used as feeder insects for reptile and amphibian pets, are known as mini mealworm. These insects should not be confused with younger mealworm ...

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Tenebrio opacus ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Tenebrio patrizii ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Tenebrio punctipennis ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Tenebrio zairensis ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Tenebrio calculensis ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...

Leda Clay Quick clay, also known as Leda clay and Champlain Sea clay in Canada, is any of several distinctively sensitive glaciomarine clays found in Canada, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland, the United States and other locations around the world. The clay ...

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Tenebrio effossus ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...

Rott Formation The Rott Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Oligocene. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany See also * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe The ...

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Tenebrio primigenius ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * ''Tenebrio ...

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Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...

Allenby Formation The Allenby formation is a sedimentary rock formation in British Columbia which was deposited during the Ypresian stage of the Early Eocene. It consists of conglomerates, sandstones with interbedded shales and coal. The shales contain an abun ...

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Tenebrio senex ''Tenebrio'' is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food. Species The genus contains the following extant species: * '' Tenebrio ...

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, Germany)

Gallery

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3518056 Tenebrionidae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Extant Eocene first appearances Eocene insects of North America Oligocene animals of Europe Pet foods