Triboliini

Triboliini

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Triboliini: /trɪˈboʊliˌaɪni/

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Images

Tribolium castaneum under microscope by Mallory Cessair. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Pritha garfieldi by Pars Plateau. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
CSIRO ScienceImage 2763 Smalleyed Flour Beetle Palorus ratzeburgi by division, CSIRO. Used under a CC BY 3.0 license.
Tribolium castaneum87-300 by Eric Day, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Used under a Public domain license.
Tribolium (Tribolium) confusum (10.3897-zookeys.728.20602) Figure 30 by Bousquet Y, Thomas DB, Bouchard P, Smith AD, Aalbu RL, Johnston AM, Steiner WE Jr (2018) Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. ZooKeys 728: 1-455. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Latheticus oryzae P1440459a by xpda. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Summary

Triboliini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, consisting of about 10 genera and including several notable pests of stored products.

Distribution

Worldwide, with a presence in North America, the Neotropics, Palearctic, Indomalaya, Australasia, and Oceania.

Diet

Many species are pests of stored products.

Economic Impact

Includes many pests of stored products, such as flour beetles.

Tags

  • Triboliini
  • darkling beetles
  • Tenebrionidae
  • pests
  • stored products