Zophobas atratus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Tenebrionidae
- genus
- Zophobas
- species
- Zophobas atratus
Name
- Synonyms
- Helops morio Fabricius, 1777
- Tenebrio atratus Fabricius, 1775
- Zophobas morio (Fabricius, 1776)
- Zophobas rugipes Kirsch, 1886
- Homonyms
- Zophobas atratus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Common names
- Darkling beetle in English
- giant mealworm in language.
- giant mealworm beetle in language.
- kingworm in language.
- kingworm beetle in language.
- superworm in language.
Bibliographic References
- Blackwelder, R.E. (1944) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, The West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 1–1492. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7876356 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7876356
- Blackwelder, R.E. (1944) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, The West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185: 1–1492. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7876356 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7876356
- Bousquet, Y., Thomas, D.B., Bouchard, P., Smith, A.D., Aalbu, R.L., Johnston, M.A. & Jr, W.E.S. (2018) Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. ZooKeys 728, 1–455. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.728.20602
- Fabricius, J.C. (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae, 832 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551417 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551417
- Fabricius, J.C. (1776) Genera insectorum: eorumque characteres naturales secundam numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem, omnium partium oris adiecta mantissa specierum nuper detectarum. Litteris Mich. Friedr. Bartschii, Chilonii, 310 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25555737 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25555737
- Ferrer, J. (2011) Revisión del género Zophobas Dejean, 1834 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Tenebrionini). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48, 287–319. http://sea-entomologia.org/Publicaciones/PDF/BOLN_48/287319BSEA48Zophobas.pdf
- Garrido, O.H. & Gutierrez, E. (1994) Variability of Zophobas rugipes Kirsch (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninii) in Cuba. Insecta Mundi 284, 243–245. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/284 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/284
- Kirsch, T. (1866) Beiträge zur Käferfauna von Bogotà. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 10, 173–216. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8340301 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8340301
- Löbl & Smetana (2013-09-17 22:00:00) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 5, Tenebrionoidea
- Nishida (2002), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/tr22.pdf
- Tschinkel, W.R. (1984) Zophobas atratus (Fab.) and Z. rugipes Kirsch (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Are the Same Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 38(4), 325–333. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4008210 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4008210