Blaps

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

Blaps
Blaps lethifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Blaptinae
Tribe: Blaptini
Genus: Blaps
Fabricius 1775

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". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  2. "Blaps genus Information". BugGuide.net. 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. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.

Further reading
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
  • Media related to Blaps at Wikimedia Commons


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