Tenebrionoidea
Photos By Steve Nanz
Tenebrionoidea
Aderidae (Antlike Leaf Beetles), Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles),
Meloidae (Blister Beetles), Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower Beetles),
Oedemeridae (False Blister Beetles), Pyrochroidae (Fire-Colored Beetles),
Scraptiidae (False Flower Beetles), Synchroidae (Synchroa Bark Beetles),
Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles), Tetratomidae (Polypore Fungus Beetles),
Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
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Cnopus
(Antlike Leaf Beetle)
Family: Aderidae
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Zonantes fasciatus
(Antlike Leaf Beetle)
Family: Aderidae
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Dircaea liturata
(False Darkling Beetle)
Family: Melandryidae
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Meloe sp.
(Oil Beetle)
Family: Meloidae
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Nemognatha punctulata
(Blister Beetle)
Family: Meloidae
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(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Mordella marginata
(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Mordella marginata
(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Mordella marginata
(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Mordellistena andreae
(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Mordellistena pubescens
(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Mordellistena pubescens
(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Mordellistena smithi?
(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Mordellistena smithi?
(Tumbling Flower Beetle)
Family: Mordellidae
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Nacerdes melanura
(Wharf Borer)
Family: Oedemeridae
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Neopyrochroa flabellata
(Fire-Colored Beetle)
Family: Pyrochroidae
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Neopyrochroa flabellata
(Fire-Colored Beetle)
Family: Pyrochroidae
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Neopyrochroa flabellata
(Fire-Colored Beetle)
Family: Pyrochroidae
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Pentaria trifasciata
(False Flower Beetle)
Family: Scraptiidae
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Synchroa punctata
(Synchroa Bark Beetle)
Family: Synchroidae
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Synchroa punctata
(Synchroa Bark Beetle)
Family: Synchroidae
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Synchroa punctata
(Synchroa Bark Beetle)
Family: Synchroidae
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Synchroa punctata
(Synchroa Bark Beetle)
Family: Synchroidae
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Hymenorus sp.
(Comb-clawed Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Hymenorus sp.
(Comb-clawed Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Hymenorus sp.
(Comb-clawed Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Hymenorus sp.
(Comb-clawed Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Isomira sp.
(Comb-clawed Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Bolitophagus corticola
(Fungus Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Bolitophagus corticola
(Fungus Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Bolitotherus cornutus
(Forked Fungus Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Alobates pennsylvanicus
(False Mealworm Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Alobates pennsylvanicus
(False Mealworm Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Cynaeus angustus
(Large Black Flour Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Diaperis maculata
(Darkling Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Diaperis maculata
(Darkling Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Diaperis maculata
(Darkling Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Arthromacra aenea
(Long-jointed Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Arthromacra aenea
(Long-jointed Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Statira sp.
(Long-jointed Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Xylopinus saperdioides
(Darkling Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Eleodes acuticauda
(Desert Stink Beetle)
Family: Tenebrionidae
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Eustrophopsis sp.?
(Polypore Fungus Beetle)
Family: Tetratomidae
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Synchita fuliginosa
(Cylindrical Bark Beetle)
Family: Zopheridae
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Phellopsis obcordata
(Ironclad Beetle)
Family: Zopheridae
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Phellopsis obcordata
(Ironclad Beetle)
Family: Zopheridae
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Phellopsis obcordata
(Ironclad Beetle)
Family: Zopheridae

Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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