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
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
Synonyms
List
  • Acanthoblaps Reitter, 1889
  • Agroblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Arenoblaps Medvedev, 1999
  • Blapidium 1921
  • Blapidurus Fairmaire, 1891
  • Blapimorpha Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Blapisa Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Dineria Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Genoblaps Bauer, 1921
  • Hypoblaps Kolbe, 1928
  • Laraliprosodes Bogatchev, 1947
  • Leptocolena Allard, 1880
  • Lithoblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Mesoblaps Bauer, 1921
  • Nanoblaps Semenov-Tjan-Shansky & Bogatchev, 1936
  • Notoblaps Bauer, 1921
  • Opisthoblaps Kolbe, 1928
  • Plaps Zschachi, 1778
  • Platyblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Prosoblapsia Skopin & Kaszab, 1978
  • Rhizoblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
  • Uroblaps Motschoulsky, 1860
Blaps lethifera

Species edit

These 38 species belong to the genus Blaps:

References edit

  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 edit

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Blaps at Wikimedia Commons