Biology:Boromorphus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Boromorphus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Boromorphini
Genus: Boromorphus
Wollaston, 1854

Boromorphus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least four described species in Boromorphus, found in the Palearctic.[1][2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Boromorphus:

  • Boromorphus italicus Gardini, 2010[3]
  • Boromorphus saudicus Schawaller, 2013[4]
  • Boromorphus parvus Wollaston, 1865
  • Boromorphus tagenioides (Lucas, 1849)

References

  1. "Boromorphus". https://www.gbif.org/species/4407869. 
  2. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. PMID 34385881. PMC 8328949. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64217/. 
  3. Gardini, G. (2010). "Boromorphus italicus n. sp. dell'Italia meridionale (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)". Doriana 8 (368). 
  4. Schawaller, Wolfgang; Al Dhafer, Hathal; Fadl, Hassan (2013). "Boromorphus saudicus sp. n., a new record of the genus from the Arabian Peninsula (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Boromorphini)". Zoology in the Middle East 59 (2): 148–151. doi:10.1080/09397140.2013.810878. 

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