Biology:Blaps

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Blaps
Blaps lethifera.jpg
Blaps lethifera
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Blaptinae
Tribe: Blaptini
Genus: Blaps
Fabricius 1775
Synonyms
List
  • Acanthoblaps Reitter, 1889
  • Agroblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Arenoblaps Medvedev, 1999
  • Blapidium 1921
  • Blapidurus Fairmaire, 1891
  • Blapimorpha Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Blapisa Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Dineria Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Genoblaps Bauer, 1921
  • Hypoblaps Kolbe, 1928
  • Laraliprosodes Bogatchev, 1947
  • Leptocolena Allard, 1880
  • Lithoblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Mesoblaps Bauer, 1921
  • Nanoblaps Semenov-Tjan-Shansky & Bogatchev, 1936
  • Notoblaps Bauer, 1921
  • Opisthoblaps Kolbe, 1928
  • Plaps Zschachi, 1778
  • Platyblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Prosoblapsia Skopin & Kaszab, 1978
  • Rhizoblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Uroblaps Motschoulsky, 1860

Blaps is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 30 described species in Blaps, the genus being most commonly found in Eurasia and Australia, with occasional sightings elsewhere in the world.[1][2][3]

Blaps lethifera

Species

These 38 species belong to the genus Blaps:

  • Blaps abbreviata Menetries, 1836
  • Blaps abdita Picka, 1978
  • Blaps alternans Brulle, 1838
  • Blaps bedeli Chatanay, 1914
  • Blaps bipunctata Allard, 1880
  • Blaps brevicornis Seidlitz, 1893
  • Blaps foveicollis Allard, 1880
  • Blaps gibba Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Blaps gigas (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Blaps graeca Solier, 1848
  • Blaps halophila Fischer de Waldheim, 1820
  • Blaps hispanica Solier, 1848
  • Blaps holconota
  • Blaps indagator Reiche, 1857
  • Blaps kollari Seidlitz, 1893
  • Blaps lethifera Marsham, 1802
  • Blaps lusitanica Herbst, 1799
  • Blaps milleri Seidlitz, 1893
  • Blaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804 (cellar beetle)
  • Blaps nitens Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Blaps ocreata Allard, 1880
  • Blaps oertzeni Seidlitz, 1893
  • Blaps orbicollis Motschulsky, 1845
  • Blaps parvicollis Zoubkoff, 1829
  • Blaps planicollis Motschulsky, 1845
  • Blaps polychresta (Forskl, 1775)
  • Blaps pruinosa Faldermann, 1833
  • Blaps putrida Motschulsky, 1845
  • Blaps robusta Motschulsky, 1845
  • Blaps sinuaticollis Solier, 1848
  • Blaps songorica Fischer de Waldheim, 1844
  • Blaps splichali Gebien, 1913
  • Blaps striola (Motschulsky, 1860)
  • Blaps sulcata Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Blaps taeniolata Menetries, 1832
  • Blaps tibialis Reiche, 1857
  • Blaps waltli Seidlitz, 1893


References

  1. "Blaps". https://www.gbif.org/species/8279505. Retrieved 2020-06-16. 
  2. "Blaps genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/148156. Retrieved 2020-06-16. 
  3. Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D. et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMID 29416389. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q804345 entry