Tenebrionidae of Libya


New citations for Libya are marked with a *.
Determinations, checklist and proof reading by Piero Leo. Scaurini revised by Harold Labrique.
The two Sepidium were determined by Noël Mal.

Blaps and Akis checked by Laurent Soldati in 2008: one new sub-species, Blaps polychresta effeminata Soldati, 2008; and one new species Akis rodolfi, Soldati, 2008 (2 paratypes in coll. JCR).

Any help will be appreciated for the undetermined species!

ERODIINI
Leptonychus laevisternus Fairmaire, 1882
Arthrodeis rotundatus confalonierii Gridelli, 1930
Erodius (Dimeriseis) exilipes Lucas, 1858
Erodius (Dimeriseis) latreillei Solier, 1834
Erodius (Dimeriseis) bilineatus Olivier, 1791 [+ ssp.]
Erodius (Dimeriseis) bicostatus Solier, 1934 [+ ssp.]
Erodius (Zophoserodius) zophosoides Allard, 1864 [+ ssp.]
Erodius (Dirosis) barbarus Solier, 1834 [+ ssp.]
Erodius (Dirosis) lefranci Kraatz, 1865
Erodius (Dirosis) costatus Solier, 1834 [+ ssp.]
Erodius (Dirosis) nanus Vauloger, 1897
Erodius (Dirosis) impressicollis Vauloger, 1897 [+ ssp.]
Erodius (Dirosis) kruegeri Schuster, 1927
Erodius (Dirosis) festae Schuster, 1922
Erodius (Dirosis) puncticollis Solier, 1834
Erodius (Erodius) gibbus cyrenaicus Schuster, 1926
Erodius (Erodius) emondi Solier, 1834 [sensu Gridelli 1930]
Undetermined Erodius
species


ZOPHOSINI
Zophosis (Oculosis) punctata Brullé, 1832 [= algeriana Sol., = variepunctata Deyr.]
Zophosis (Oculosis) quadrilineata (Olivier, 1795)
Zophosis (Hologenosis) nigroaenea Deyrolle, 1867
Zophosis (Septentriophosis) finzii Koch, 1937
Zophosis (Septentriophosis) lethierryi Deyrolle, 1867
Zophosis (Septentriophosis) personata Erichson, 1841 [= tunisea Reitt., = zuberi Deyr., = wollastoni Deyr.]
Zophosis (Septentriophosis) pharaonis pharaonis Reitter, 1916
Zophosis (Septentriophosis) plana (Fabricius, 1775) [= carinata Sol., phazanica Koch, beraudi Peyer.]
Zophosis (Septentriophosis) posticalis Deyrolle, 1867 [= niegeri verneyi Peyer.]
Zophosis (Septentriophosis) viridilimbata Chobaut, 1899 [= scorteccii Grid., cyrenaica Schust.]
Undetermined Zophosis species


HIMATISMINI

Cyphostethe (Cyphostethoides) heydeni (Haag-Rutenberg, 1877) [= saharensis Chobaut]
Cyphostethe (Cyphostethe) ferruginea (Marseul, 1867)
Himatismus (Curimosphena) villosus Haag-Rutenberg, 1870

TENTYRIINI

Hiontis tentyrioides Miller, 1861
Mesostena (Mesostena) angustata (Fabricius, 1775) [+ ssp.]
Mesostena (Mesostenopa) transnilotica (Koch, 1937)
Mesostena (Mesostenopa) picea caporiaccoi Gridelli, 1938
Hionthisoma coutayari lybica Koch, 1937
Hionthisoma balboi Koch, 1937
Herlesa cavifrons (Fairmaire, 1863) [= globicollis Reitt.]
Herlesa semiopaca (Peyerimhoff, 1916)
Oterophloeus deflexangulus Reitter, 1900 [+ ssp.]
Oterophloeus desioi Gridelli, 1930
Oterophloeus picipes Desbrochers, 1881
Oterophloeus humerosus (Fairmaire, 1875)
Oterophloeus torretassoi Koch, 1937
Psammoica lucida schusteri Gridelli, 1933
Psammoica laticollis Schuster, 1926
Schweinfurthia schusteri Gridelli, 1930
Scelosodis castaneus castaneus (Eschscholtz, 1831)
Pachychila (Pachychilina) andreinii (Dodero, 1916)
Pachychila (Pachychilina) dejeani montana Koch, 1937
Pachychila (Pachychila) frioli Solier, 1835
Tentyrina duplicata (Reitter, 1900) [+ ssp.]
Tentyrina senegalensis hircipes (Peyerimhoff, 1916)
Tentyrina longicollis (Lucas, 1856)
Tentyrina palmeri palmeri (Crotch, 1872)
Tentyria ocularis Reitter, 1900
Tentyria punctatostriata Solier, 1835
Tentyria mulsanti Lucas, 1856
Tentyria cyrenaica Schuster, 1919
Tentyria latreillei Solier, 1835 [+ ssp.]
Tentyria elegans Schuster, 1919
Tentyria confalonierii Gridelli, 1930 [+ ssp.]
Undetermined Tentyria species
Eulipus vittembeschii Koch, 1937
Eulipus kruegeri Schuster, 1926
Tentyrionota rotundicollis (Kraatz, 1865)
Paracirta schatzmayri Schuster, 1930
Micipsa grandis Kraatz, 1865 [+ ssp.]
Micipsa douei distincticornis Peyerimhoff, 1933
Micipsa elliptipennis Schuster, 1925
Micipsa princeps Peyerimhoff, 1934
Micipsa ovoidea Fairmaire, 1883
Micipsa variabilis Koch, 1937 [+ ssp.]
Undetermined Micipsa species
Oxycara cyrenaicum Gridelli, 1933
Oxycara pygmaeum (Reiche & Saulcy, 1857)
Oxycara gastonis Reitter, 1903
Nota: Pachychila tripoliana Solier is not present in Libya (wrong type locality)

ADESMIINI

Adesmia (Oteroscelis) metallica (Klug, 1830) [+ ssp.]
Adesmia (Oteroscelis) cothurnata montisatri Peyerimhoff, 1931
Adesmia (Oteroscelopsis) dilatata (Klug, 1830) [+ ssp.]
Adesmia (Oteroscelopsis) zanoni Schuster, 1922
Adesmia (Adesmia) montana (Klug, 1830) [+ ssp.]
Adesmia (Macradesmia) monilis (Klug, 1830) [+ ssp.]
Adesmia (Macradesmia) fougieri Koch, 1937
Adesmia (Macradesmia) sculptilis Reitter, 1916
Nota: Adesmia aethiopia is not present in Libya. Adesmia bicarinata is a younger synonym of A. cothurnata, therefore montisatri is considered ssp. of cothurnata.

EURICHORINI

Machlopsis crenatocostata (Redtembacher, 1868)
Machlopsis elongatula (Quedenfeldt, 1889)
Machlopsis pseudoalata Gridelli, 1930
Adelostoma sulcatum Duponchel, 1827 [+ ssp.]


STENOSINI
Stenosis cugiae Gridelli, 1930
Stenosis antoinei Koch, 1937 [= filiformis sensu Gridelli 1930]
Stenosis confalonierii Gridelli, 1933
Stenosis punica Pic, 1905 [= quedenfeldti Reitter, 1916]
Eutagenia aegyptiaca aegyptiaca Reitter, 1889
Eutagenia aegyptiaca tunisea Normand, 1936
Dichillus (Dichillocerus) cyrenaicus Gridelli, 1930
Dichillus (Dichillocerus) crassicornis Allard, 1869
Microtelus lethierrey Reiche, 1860 [= torretassoi Schatzmayr & Koch, 1934]


ASIDINI
Alphasida (sensu lato) auriculata (Solier, 1836)
Alphasida (sensu lato) bengasiana (Wilke, 1921)
Alphasida (sensu lato) mystica (Wilke, 1921)
Alphasida (sensu lato) nigroopaca (Quedenfeldt, 1889)
Alphasida (sensu lato) halophila Koch, 1937 [+ ssp. syrtica Koch, 1939]
Alphasida (sensu lato) saharensis Koch, 1937
Alphasida (sensu lato) balboana Koch, 1937
Alphasida (sensu lato) renata Koch, 1937
Undetermined Alphasida species

SEPIDIINI
Sepidium cyrenaicum Schuster, 1928
Sepidium vietaeformis Reitter, 1914
Sepidium tricuspidatum tricuspidatum Fabricius, 1775
Sepidium reichei Allard, 1874 [= bispinicollis Reitter, 1914]
Sepidium inaequale Reitter, 1914
Sepidium penicilligerum Karsch, 1881
Sepidium requieni Solier, 1843
Sepidium uncinatum Erichson, 1841
Sepidium dathan Crotch, 1872

AKIDINI
Morica grossa (Linné, 1767)
Akis costitubera Marseul, 1883 [= schweinfurti Quedenf.; = Morica pharao Reitter]
Akis reflexa goryi Solier, 1836 [+ ssp. gestroi Schuster, 1922 and cyrenaica Scuster, 1927]
Akis rodolfi Soldati, 2008[= Akis italica Solier, 1836 = spinosa barbara sensu Koch; = spinosa speluncaria Koch]
Akis elevata Solier, 1836
Akis bernhaueri Schuster, 1919

LEUCOLAEPHINI
Leucolaephus tripolitanus Quedenfeldt, 1889
Mecopisthophus rohlfsi Karsch, 1881
Storthocnemis steckeri Karsch, 1881 [sensu lato]
Pseudostorthocnemis patrizii (Gridelli, 1933) [+ ssp. longicornis (Koch, 1937)]
Pseudostorthocnemis renatae (Koch, 1937)

PIMELIINI
Pterolasia squalida Solier, 1836
Pachylodera brevicornis Quedenfeldt, 1889
Prionotheca coronata coronata (Olivier, 1795)
Trachyderma hispida (Forskal, 1775) [sensu lato]
Trachyderma genei Solier, 1836
Trachyderma lima (Petagna, 1819)
Trachyderma cyrenaica (Gridelli, 1930)
Trachyderma seurati (Peyerimhoff, 1929)
Euthriptera grisescens (Fairmaire, 1875)
Thriptera varvasi Solier, 1836 sensu lato
*Thriptera minuta Pic, 1897
Thriptera laperrinei Peyerimhoff, 1929
Pimelia subquadrata Sturm, 1826 [+ ssp.]
Pimelia granulata tenuicornis Solier, 1836 [= var. tripolitana Senac] and ssp. realii Koch, 1937
Pimelia seminuda Schuster, 1935 [+ ssp.]
Pimelia consobrina Lucas, 1858 ssp. confalonierii Gridelli, 1930 and ssp. expiata Peyerimhoff, 1922
Pimelia obsoleta Solier, 1836 [+ ssp.]
Pimelia fulvovillosa Schuster, 1935
Pimelia barthelemyi Solier, 1836
Pimelia comata Klug, 1830
Pimelia canescens canescens Klug, 1830 + ssp. interstitialis Solier, 1836
Pimelia scorteccii Gridelli, 1939
Pimelia grandis Klug, 1830 ssp. latastei Senac, 1884 and ssp. mixta Koch 1940
Pimelia deresa barcana Koch, 1939
Pimelia gibba gibba (Fabricius, 1792) [= simplex Solier, 1836]
Pimelia doderoi Schuster, 1925 [+ ssp.]
Pimelia bengasiana Schuster, 1922 [+ ssp.]
Pimelia kruegeri Schuster, 1927
Pimelia urticata Klug, 1830
Pimelia gestroana Gridelli, 1930
Pimelia letournexi Senac, 1884 [+ ssp.]
Pimelia cyrenaica Schuster, 1925
Pimelia superba Schuster, 1928
Pimelia interpunctata Klug, 1830 [= Doderoella cyrenaica Schuster, 1926; = D. andreinii Gridelli, 1929]

TRACHYSCELINI
Trachyscelis aphodioides Latreille, 1809

PHALERIINI
Phaleria acuminata Küster, 1852 [= tunisia Reitter, 1916]
Phaleria bimaculata (Linné, 1767)
Phtora [= Cataphronetis = Phthora] crenata Germar, 1836
Phtora apicilaevis (Marseul, 1878)
Phtora aegyptiaca (Reitter, 1899)


CRYPTICINI
Crypticus cyrenaicus Koch, 1937
Crypticus capsianus Antoine, 1945 ssp. littoralis Español, 1950 [= dactylispinus sensu Koch]
Pseudoseriscius gridellii Español, 1949 [= Crypticus murinus sensu Gridelli]
Pseudoseriscius adspersus Küster, 1851 ssp. nebulosus (Fairmaire, 1870) [= Crypticus uniformis Reitter]
Pseudoseriscius griseovestis (Fairmaire, 1879) [= Crypticus pellitus Reitter]
Pseudoseriscius mollis (Reitter, 1896) [= Crypticus uniformis sensu Koch]

DIAPERINI
Gnathocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798)

PEDININI
Cabirutus [= Cabirus] cyrenaicus (Gridelli, 1930)

LITOBORINI
Allophylax (Litoboromimus) parallelus (Schuster, 1919)
Hoplarion (Saharoplarion) compactum
Fairmaire, 1880


PLATYNOTINI
*Opatrinus niloticus (Mulsant, 1852)

MELANIMINI
Cheirodes (Cheirodes) [= Anemia] sardous sardous Gené, 1839
*Cheirodes (Cheirodes) chobauti (Reitter, 1898)
Cheirodes (Pseudanemia) brevicollis (Wollaston, 1864) [= fausti Solsky]
Cheirodes (Pseudanemia) submetallica (Raffray, 1873)
Cheirodes (Spinanemia) pilosa (Tournier, 1868) [= fenyesi Reitter]
Cheirodes (Histiaea) asperula (Reitter, 1884)

OPATRINI
Scleron armatum (Waltl, 1835)
Scleron multistriatum (Forskal, 1775)
Scleron andreinii Gridelli, 1930
Scleron sulcatum Baudi, 1876 ssp. saharense Peyerimhoff, 1931
Eurycaulus marmottani Fairmaire, 1868
Eurycaulus dubius dubius (Gridelli, 1930)
Eurycaulus dubius scleronoides Koch, 1937
Eurycaulus quedenfeldti Heyden, 1890
Platynosum sabulosum Chobaut, 1900
Dilamus planicollis Fairmaire, 1883
Pseudolamus schatzmayri Koch, 1937
Scleropatrum vinciguerrae Gridelli, 1930
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) setulosum (Faldermann, 1837)
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) perplexum (Lucas, 1849)
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) rusticum (Olivier, 1811)
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) patruele (Erichson, 1843)
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) prolixum (Erichson, 1843)
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) obscurum (Küster, 1849)
Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) soricinum (Reiche & Saulcy, 1857) [sensu lato]
Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, 1832
Clitobius ovatus (Erichson, 1843)
Clitobius oblongiusculus Fairmaire, 1875
Brachyestes gastonis Fairmaire, 1873
Brachyestes pilosella (Marseul, 1867) ssp. salina Koch, 1937
Brachyestes peyerimhoffi Koch, 1937
Brachyestes brevior Fairmaire, 1883

Ammobius rufus Lucas, 1849

LEICHENINI
Leichenum pulchellum (Lucas, 1849) ssp. pumilum Baudi, 1876

BLAPTINI
Blaps wiedemanni Solier, 1848
Blaps nefrauensis Seidlitz, 1893
Blaps nefrauensis vespertina
Koch, 1937
Blaps haberti Peyerimhoff, 1931
Blaps approximans Seidlitz, 1893
Blaps doderoi Schuster, 1922
Blaps polychresta effeminta Soldati, 2008
Blaps gigas (Linné, 1767) [= var. occulta Seidlitz, 1893]
Blaps vialattei Peyerimhoff, 1919
Blaps ruhmeri Seidlitz, 1893
Blaps tripolitanica Karsch, 1881
Blaps propheta Reichardt, Axel, 1861
Blaps bifurcata Solier, 1848 and b. strauchi Reiche, 1861
Blaps nitens Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 ssp. laportei [= sulcata Auct.] and ssp. substriata Solier, 1848 [= barbara sensu Gridelli]
Blaps sulcifera Seidlitz, 1893


SCAURINI [sensu Labrique]
*Scaurus vicinoides Schuster, 1935
Scaurus puncticollis Solier, 1838
Scaurus tristis barbarus Solier, 1838
Scaurus carinatus carinatus Solier, 1838 and c. vicinoides Schuster, 1935
Scaurus sancti-amandi Solier, 1838
Scaurus bougonii Fairmaire, 1883

HELOPINI
Nesotes [= Diastixus] andreinii (Schuster, 1925)
Probaticus (?) tripolitanus (Seidlitz, 1896)
Catomus consentaneus (Küster, 1851)
Catomus bengasianus Schuster, 1926
Catomus schusteri Normand, 1936
Catomus politicollis Allard, 1876
Catomus fallax (Vauloger, 1899)
Catomus obsoletus obsoletus Allard, 1876 and o. biasiolii Koch, 1937
Catomus senussianus Koch, 1937
Catomus ovatus Koch, 1935
Catomus coronatus Koch, 1935
Undetermined Catomus species

CYLINDRONOTINI
Nalassus aemulus (Küster, 1850) [sensu lato]

TRIBOLIINI
Tribolium (Tribolium) castaneum (Herbst, 1797) [= ferrugineum Auct.; = navale Auct.]
Tribolium (Eusemostene) confusum Jacquelin du Val, 1868
Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880
Palorus subdepressus (Wollaston, 1864)
Palorus ficicola (Wollaston, 1867) [= subfilum Fleisch., 1900]

ALPHITOBIINI
Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)
Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781) [= piceus Olivier, 1792]

BELOPINI
Belopus (Belopus) aegyptiacus (Zoufal 1893)
Belopus (Belopomerus) zoufali (Reitter, 1915)
Belopus (Belopomerus) lucasi (Mulsant, 1959)


COSSYPHINI
Cossyphus moniliferus Chevrolat, 1829
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