Gonocephalum
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Genus: | Gonocephalum Chevrolat, 1849
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Gonocephalum is an Old World genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, containing over 400 species.[1]
Description
[edit]In the species of this genus the body is quite elongated, the base of pronotum is usually slightly narrower than the base of elytra. The hind wings are developed.
Selected species
[edit]- Gonocephalum adelaidae (Blackburn, 1894)
- Gonocephalum affine (Billberg, 1815)
- Gonocephalum alternatum Carter, 1915
- Gonocephalum arenarium (Fabricius, 1775)
- Gonocephalum assimile (Küster, 1848)
- Gonocephalum australe (Boisduval, 1835)
- Gonocephalum calvulum (Olliff, 1889)
- Gonocephalum carpentariae (Blackburn, 1894)
- Gonocephalum costatum (Brullé, 1832)
- Gonocephalum cowardense (Blackburn, 1894)
- Gonocephalum depressum (Fabricius, 1801)
- Gonocephalum dilatatum (Wollaston, 1854)
- Gonocephalum elderi (Blackburn, 1892)
- Gonocephalum granulatum (Fabricius, 1791)
- Gonocephalum hackeri Carter, 1928
- Gonocephalum hispidocostatum (Fairmaire, 1883)
- Gonocephalum insulanum (Olliff, 1888)
- Gonocephalum lefranci (Fairmaire, 1863)
- Gonocephalum macleayi (Blackburn, 1907)
- Gonocephalum mastersi (Macleay, 1872)
- Gonocephalum merensi (Uyttenboogaart, 1929)
- Gonocephalum meyricki (Blackburn, 1894)
- Gonocephalum misellum (Blackburn, 1907)
- Gonocephalum oblitum (Wollaston, 1864)
- Gonocephalum obscurum (Küster, 1849)
- Gonocephalum patruele (Erichson, 1843)
- Gonocephalum perplexum (Lucas, 1849)
- Gonocephalum prolixum (Erichson, 1843)
- Gonocephalum pubiferum Reitter, 1904
- Gonocephalum pygmaeum (Steven, 1829)
- Gonocephalum rusticum (Olivier, 1811)
- Gonocephalum setulosum (Faldermann, 1837)
- Gonocephalum subcostatum Carter, 1921
- Gonocephalum torridum (Champion, 1894)
- Gonocephalum walkeri (Champion, 1894)
- Gonocephalum yelamosi Español & Viñolas, 1983
References
[edit]- ^ Iwan, Dariusz; Ferrer, Julio; Raś, Marcin (2010). "Catalogue of the world Gonocephalum Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Opatrini). Part 1. List of the species and subspecies" (PDF). Annales Zoologici. 60 (2): 245–304. doi:10.3161/000345410X516920. S2CID 86568175.