Checklist of Eastern (east of the Mississippi River) U.S. Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

(Based on Casey 1891, Leng 1920, St. George 1924, Good 1936, Spilman 1959, Spilman 1962b, Triplehorn 1965a, Cambpell 1966b, Freude 1967, Marshall 1970a,b, Triplehorn and Spilman 1973, Parsons 1975, Triplehorn and Watrous 1979, Triplehorn 1990, Downie and Arnett 1996, Peck and Thomas 1998, Philips et al. 1998, Steiner 1999, Aalbu et al. 2002, Hoffman et al. 2002, Turnbow 2002, Dunford and Young 2004)

Eastern USA Tenebrionidae - The darkling beetles (+ Lagriidae and Alleculidae)

The higher classification and generic placement follows primarily that of Aalbu et al. (2002). This section is not complete. Additional state records and species from selected references are forthcoming. See Eastern U.S. Map for regions, (1 = Northeastern, 2 = Western-Great Lakes, 3 = Central, 4 = Southern) breakdown of states, or distributional information.

All underlined species within each checklist have corresponding pictures and species profiles.

I - Lagriiformes (subfamilies Lagriinae, Phrenapatinae) | II - Pimeliiformes (subfamily Pimeliinae)

III - Tenebrioniformes (subfamilies Bolitophaginae, Diaperinae, Hypophloeinae, Opatrinae, Tenebrioninae, Alleculinae, Coelometopinae)