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Taxonomy. Tenebrio is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758-59. [1] The name means "lover of darkness"; [2] the English language term 'darkling' means "characterised by darkness or obscurity"; [3] see also English 'tenebrous', figuratively "obscure, gloomy." [4]
Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle. The yellow mealworm beetle prefers a warmer climate and higher humidity. [ 1 ] Male mealworms release a sex pheromone to attract females to mate. [ 2 ] Tenebrio molitor has been used in biomedical research.
Alphitobius diaperinus is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. It is known commonly as the lesser mealworm and the litter beetle. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring nearly worldwide. It is known widely as a pest insect of stored food grain products such as flour, and of poultry-rearing facilities and ...
Life cycle. Like other beetles, M. contracta goes through the four stages of egg, larva, pupa and adult. This species overwinters in the larval stage and inside rotting logs. To help survive cold temperatures, it produces macromolecular antifreeze similar to that of cold water-dwelling fishes. This antifreeze lets larvae survive temperatures ...
The darkling beetle feeds on decaying plant matter such as dead leaves and rotting wood. The darkling beetles may be of the Tenebrionidae beetle family , which includes more than 15,000 species ...
Zophobas rugipes (Kirsch, 1866. Zophobas morio is a species of darkling beetle, whose larvae are known by the common name superworm, kingworm, barley worm, morio worm or simply Zophobas. Superworms are common in the reptile pet industry as food, along with giant mealworms (Tenebrio molitor larvae treated with juvenile hormone [citation needed ...
Bolitotherus cornutus. Panzer, 1794. Bolitotherus cornutus is a North American species of darkling beetle known as the horned fungus beetle[1] or forked fungus beetle. [2] All of its life stages are associated with the fruiting bodies of a wood-decaying shelf fungus, commonly Ganoderma applanatum, [2] Ganoderma tsugae, [2] and Ganoderma lucidum.
Binomial name. Tribolium confusum. Jacquelin du Val, 1863 [1] The confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum), a type of darkling beetle known as a flour beetle, is a globally found, common pest insect known for attacking and infesting stored flour and grain. They are one of the most common and most destructive insect pests for grain and other ...