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Tenebrioninae

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Tenebrio molitor
thumb|Mealworms, larvae of Tenebrio molitor, illustrated by Des Helmore
Tribolium castaneum
species of insect
Zophobas morio
species of beetle
Tenebrioninae
Tenebrioninae is the largest subfamily of the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), containing flour beetles, among others. Tenebrioninae contains more than 20 tribes.
Alphitobius diaperinus
species of beetle
Tribolium
genus of insects
Confused flour beetle
species of insect
Tenebrio
Tenebrio is a genus of darkling beetles. Adults are long and can live for 1–2 years. The larvae are minor pests, but they are also widely reared and sold as pet food.
Alphitobius laevigatus
species of insect
destructive flour beetle
species of insect
Tenebrio obscurus
species of beetle
Trachelostenidae
Trachelostenus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. It is native to the Valdivian forests of Chile, and has at least two species, T. inaequalis (Solier) and T. fascicularis (Philipp). It was historically considered the only member of the family Trachelostenidae, but a 2015 study sunk the genus into the tenebrionid (darkling beetle) subfamily Tenebrioninae.
Uloma culinaris
species of insect
Alphitobius
Alphitobius is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 18 described species in Alphitobius. thumb|Alphitobius laevigatus
Palorus
Palorus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 4 described species in Palorus.
Opatrini
thumb|Opatrini
Blapstinus
Blapstinus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 100 described species in Blapstinus. thumb
Eledona agricola
species of insect
Zophobas
Zophobas is a genus of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. They occur in the Americas, from the Neotropics into southernmost United States. In Cuba beetles of this genus are known as blind click-beetles.
Melanimon
Melanimon is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae.
Gonocephalum
right|thumb|Gonocephalum assimile|Gonocephalum cf. assimile thumb|Gonocephalum rusticum thumb|Gonocephalum granulatum|Gonocephalum granulatum pusillum, [[Bulgaria]] thumb| Gonocephalum adpressiforme thumb|Gonocephalum coriaceum, [[Japan]]
Tenebrionini
Tenebrionini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 20 genera in Tenebrionini.
Palorus subdepressus
species of insect
Latheticus oryzae
species of insect
Helopini
Helopini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 50 genera in Helopini. thumb|Tarpela micans
Bolitotherus cornutus
Bolitotherus cornutus is a North American species of darkling beetle known as the horned fungus beetle or forked fungus beetle. All of its life stages are associated with the fruiting bodies of a wood-decaying shelf fungus, commonly Ganoderma applanatum, Ganoderma tsugae, and Ganoderma lucidum.
Bolitophagini
Bolitophagini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 20 genera in Bolitophagini.
Stenomax aeneus
species of insect
Amarygmus
Amarygmus is a genus of darkling beetles (family Tenebrionidae). It is in the tribe Amarygmini and is the oldest genus of the tribe. The genus occurs in Australia (mainly in the north), New Guinea, Hawaii, Africa and Eurasia.
Palorus ratzeburgii
species of insect
Accanthopus
Accanthopus is a genus of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Tenebrioninae.
Cephalostenus
Cephalostenus is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Tenebrioninae.
Eledona
Eledona is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae.
Scaurini
Scaurini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 4 genera in Scaurini.
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
species of insect
Uloma
Uloma is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 50 described species in Uloma. thumb thumb
Bolitophagus
Bolitophagus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae.
Toxicini
Toxicini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 17 genera in Toxicini.