ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
The genus Amarygmus, is member of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. This large family of beetles is cosmopolitan in distribution with an estimated number of species in excess of more than 20,000.
“Cosmopolitan distribution” is the term used to describe the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world, in appropriate habitats.
This family Tenebrionidae group of beetles have a common name of “Darkling Beetle”.
The Tenebrionid beetles occupy ecological niches in mainly deserts and forests as plant scavengers. Most species are generalistic omnivores, and feed on decaying leaves, rotting wood, fresh plant matter, dead insects, and fungi as larvae and adults.
Source: Darkling beetle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkling_beetle
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
- Family: Tenebrionidae
- Informal: Tenebrionoid Branch
- Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
- Tribe: Amarygmini
- Genus: Amarygmus
- Species: (53 species)
- Amarygmus aborigine Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus aeger Blackburn, 1893
- Amarygmus amplipes Carter, 1932
- Amarygmus anthracinus (Hope, 1843)
- Amarygmus bicolor (Fabricius, 1775)
- Amarygmus carbo Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus convexiusculus Macleay, 1872
- Amarygmus convexus Pascoe, 1866
- Amarygmus corpulentus Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus cupido Pascoe, 1869
- Amarygmus cuprarius (Weber, 1801)
- Amarygmus diaperioides Blackburn, 1889
- Amarygmus erubescens Carter, 1914
- Amarygmus exilis Pascoe, 1869
- Amarygmus femoratus Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus foveolatus Macleay, 1872
- Amarygmus gemmatus Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus hackeri Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus incultus Carter, 1919
- Amarygmus kershawi Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus kurandae Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus lilliputanus Blackburn, 1893
- Amarygmus maculicollis Carter, 1914
- Amarygmus maurulus Pascoe, 1870
- Amarygmus metalliceps Carter, 1921
- Amarygmus minimus Carter, 1914
- Amarygmus minutus Pascoe, 1869
- Amarygmus mjobergi (Kulzer, 1954)
- Amarygmus morio (Fabricius, 1775)
- Amarygmus obtusus Pascoe, 1869
- Amarygmus pascoei Gebien, 1911
- Amarygmus pectoralis Blackburn, 1893
- Amarygmus perroudi (Pic, 1954)
- Amarygmus picicornis (Hope, 1843)
- Amarygmus porosus Blackburn, 1893
- Amarygmus pusillus Pascoe, 1869
- Amarygmus puteolatus Carter, 1926
- Amarygmus rimosus Blackburn, 1893
- Amarygmus rufescens Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus ruficornis Blackburn, 1893
- Amarygmus rugaticollis Blackburn, 1893
- Amarygmus semissis Pascoe, 1869
- Amarygmus similis Kulzer, 1954
- Amarygmus sphaeroides Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus stolidus Blackburn, 1893
- Amarygmus striatus Macleay, 1872
- Amarygmus sulcatus Carter, 1918
- Amarygmus tarsalis Pascoe, 1866
- Amarygmus tibialis Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus tropicus Carter, 1913
- Amarygmus tyrrhenus Pascoe, 1870
- Amarygmus variolaris Pascoe, 1870
- Amarygmus watti Bremer, 2005
Footnote & References
- Amarygmus Dalman, 1823, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/31de8ef2-6cd7-41be-b997-8453414a38e6
- Genus Amarygmus, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/342150-Amarygmus
- Darkling beetle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkling_beetle (last visited Jan. 19, 2023).
- Amarygmus sp. (genus), Canberra Nature Map, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/species/593
ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
InsectsBees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera (True Bugs) Mango Planthopper Moths Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Syrphidae Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub