Gonocephalum Explained
Gonocephalum is an Old World genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, containing over 400 species.[1]
Description
In the species of this genus the body is quite elongated, the base of pronotum is usually slightly narrower than the base of elytra. The hind wings are developed.
Selected species
- Gonocephalum adelaidae (Blackburn, 1894)
- Gonocephalum affine (Billberg, 1815)
- Gonocephalum alternatum Carter, 1915
- Gonocephalum arenarium (Fabricius, 1775)
- Gonocephalum assimile (Küster, 1848)
- Gonocephalum australe (Boisduval, 1835)
- Gonocephalum calvulum (Olliff, 1889)
- Gonocephalum carpentariae (Blackburn, 1894)
- Gonocephalum costatum (Brullé, 1832)
- Gonocephalum cowardense (Blackburn, 1894)
- Gonocephalum depressum (Fabricius, 1801)
- Gonocephalum dilatatum (Wollaston, 1854)
- Gonocephalum elderi (Blackburn, 1892)
- Gonocephalum granulatum (Fabricius, 1791)
- Gonocephalum hackeri Carter, 1928
- Gonocephalum hispidocostatum (Fairmaire, 1883)
- Gonocephalum insulanum (Olliff, 1888)
- Gonocephalum lefranci (Fairmaire, 1863)
- Gonocephalum macleayi (Blackburn, 1907)
- Gonocephalum mastersi (Macleay, 1872)
- Gonocephalum merensi (Uyttenboogaart, 1929)
- Gonocephalum meyricki (Blackburn, 1894)
- Gonocephalum misellum (Blackburn, 1907)
- Gonocephalum oblitum (Wollaston, 1864)
- Gonocephalum obscurum (Küster, 1849)
- Gonocephalum patruele (Erichson, 1843)
- Gonocephalum perplexum (Lucas, 1849)
- Gonocephalum prolixum (Erichson, 1843)
- Gonocephalum pubiferum Reitter, 1904
- Gonocephalum pygmaeum (Steven, 1829)
- Gonocephalum rusticum (Olivier, 1811)
- Gonocephalum setulosum (Faldermann, 1837)
- Gonocephalum subcostatum Carter, 1921
- Gonocephalum torridum (Champion, 1894)
- Gonocephalum walkeri (Champion, 1894)
- Gonocephalum yelamosi Español & Viñolas, 1983
Notes and References
- Iwan . Dariusz . Ferrer . Julio . Raś . Marcin . 2010 . Catalogue of the world Gonocephalum Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Opatrini). Part 1. List of the species and subspecies . Annales Zoologici . 60 . 2 . 245–304 . 10.3161/000345410X516920 . 86568175 .
