Genus Tribolium Macleay, 1825

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• Tribolium Macleay, W.S. 1825. Annulosa Javanica, or an attempt to illustrate the natural affinities and analogies of the insects collected in Java by Thomas Horsfield, M.D. F.L. & G.S. and deposited by him in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. London : Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen 52 pp. 1 pl. [47].

  Type species:

   Colydium castaneum Herbst, 1797 by subsequent designation, see Lucas, P.H. 1855. Observations sur les métamorphoses du Tribolium castaneum Herbst, coléoptère hétéromère de la tribu des Diapériens. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3: 249-259 [259].
• Stene Stephens, J.F. 1832. Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing their Generic and Specific Distinctions; with an Account of their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata. London : Baldwin and Cradock Vol. V 447 pp. [9] [preoccupied].

  Type species:

   Stene ferruginea Stephens, 1832 by monotypy (= Colydium castaneum Herbst, 1797).
• Margus Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1834. Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. 3 2, pp. 177-256. [200].

  Type species:

   Tribolium obscurum Redtenbacher, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Redtenbacher, L. 1849. Fauna austriaca. Wien : Gerold. [593] (= Tenebrio madens Charpentier, 1825).
• Aphanotus LeConte, J.L. (1861-1862) 1862. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1861: 1-208; 1862, 209-286 [233].

  Type species:

   Eulabis brevicornis Leconte, 1859 by monotypy (from California).
• Leanum Uyttenboogaart, D.C. 1934. Revision des Genus Tribolium (Col. Ten.). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 30: 20-31 [31] [as subgenus].

  Type species:

   Tribolium myrmecophilum Lea, 1904 by original designation.
• Eusemostene Gebien, H. 1940. [1938-1942] Katalog der Tenebrioniden. Teil II. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 28(1938), 370-465; 29(1939), 466-529; 30(1940), 530-625; 31(1941), 626-705; 32(1942), 706-744. [571] [as subgenus; replacement name].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lacordaire, T. 1859. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Généra des coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Première partie contenant les familles des Ténébrionides, Cistélides, Nilionides, Pythides, Mélandryides, Lagriides, Pédilides, Anthicides, Pyrochroïdes, Mordellides, Rhipiphorides, Stylopides, Meloïdes et Oedémérides. Tome V. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. 750 pp. [323 nota] (Stene Stephens, Margus Redtenbacher)
• Hinton, H.E. 1948. A synopsis of the genus Tribolium Macleay, with some remarks on the evolution of its species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 39: 13-55 [21] (Leanum Uyttenboogaart)
• Doyen, J.T., Matthews, E.G. & Lawrence, J.F. 1990. Classification and annotated checklist of the Australian genera of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(1989): 229-260 [234] (Eusemostene Gebien)

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