Somaticus
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| Tar darkling beetles | |
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| S. aeneus, subtribe Trachynotina | |
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| Genus: | Somaticus |
The tar darkling beetles (Somaticus) are an Afrotropical genus of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae). Adults are omnivorous scavengers, and the larvae, known as false wireworms, feed on plant roots.[2] The larvae of several species are known to damage maize crops.[3] The adults are matte black with longitudinal ridges on the pronotum and elytra, and may be covered in hairs of different colours.[2]
Species include:
- Somaticus aeneus Solier, 1843
- Somaticus angulatus (Fahraeus)
- Somaticus cinctus Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
- Somaticus damarinus (Peringuey, 1904)
- Somaticus distinctus Peringuey, 1892
- Somaticus geniculatus
- Somaticus haagi Peringuey, 1886
- Somaticus metropolis
- Somaticus spinosus Solier, 1843
- Somaticus terricola
- Somaticus vestitus
- Somaticus wahlbergi Haag-Rutenberg, 1873
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