• 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)

History of changes

• Tribolium antennatum 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 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Qld.

History of changes

• Tribolium apiculum Neboiss, A. 1962. Notes on distribution and descriptions of new species (Orders: Odonata, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera and Coleoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 243-258 [253].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV, Yarraman, Qld.
  Paratype(s) NMV (as allotype).

History of changes

• Colydium castaneum Herbst, J.F.W. 1797 [1797-1799]. Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten …. Berlin : Pauli Vol. 7 & 8. [282].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not located), East Indies.
• Dermestes navalis Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [no. 9] [name suppressed (see Pope, R.D. & Watt, J.C. 1986. Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by the suppression of Tribolium navale (Fabricius, 1775). Z.N.(S.)2575. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43: 363-365)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Banks, New Zealand.
• Tribolium ferrugineum Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [nec Fabricius, 1781].
• Ips testaceus Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [179].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (lost), India.
• Tenebrio bifoveolatus Duftschmid, C.E. 1812. Fauna Austriae. Linz and Leipzig : Akademische Buchhandlung Vol. 2. [304].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not located), Austria.
• Tribolium rubens Castelnau, F.L. Laporte de 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères. Tome IIème. Paris : P. Duméril. [220].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not located), N America.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Seidlitz, G. von (1893-1898) 1898. Tenebrionidae. pp. 201-400, March 1893; 401-608, May 1894; 609-800, September 1896. In Kiesenwetter H. von & Seidlitz, G. von Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Band 5. Berlin : Nicolaische Verlags-Buchhandlung. [583] (T. bifoveolatum Duftschmid)
• Gebien, H. 1911. Tenebrionidae. In Schenkling, S. (ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 18. Berlin : W. Junk. 355-740 pp. [395] (I. testaceum Fabricius, T. rubens Castelnau)
• Blair, K.G. 1913. Tribolium castaneum, Herbst = ferrugineum, auct. (nec Fab.). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 49: 222-224 [222] (T. ferrugineum auctt.)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

A cosmopolitan synanthropic species.

History of changes

• Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val, P.N.C. 1862. Catalogue de la famille des Ténébrionides. Paris : A. Deyrolle 169-184 pp. [181 nota].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not located), France.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

A cosmopolitan synanthropic species.

History of changes

• Tribolium myrmecophilum Lea, A.M. 1904. On Nepharis and other ants' nest beetles taken by Mr. J.C. Goudie at Birchip. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17: 371-385 [383].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS), Birchip, Vic; NMV; SAMA; ZSM.

History of changes

• Tribolium waterhousei 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 [50].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Bombala, NSW.

History of changes