Blaps

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| image = Blaps lethifera.jpg

| image_caption = Blaps lethifera

| taxon = Blaps

| authority = Fabricius 1775

| display_parents = 2

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  • 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

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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.

File:Blaps lethifera1.jpg

Species

These 38 species belong to the genus Blaps:

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Blaps

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/8279505

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=2020-06-16

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{{Cite web| title=Blaps genus Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/148156

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2020-06-16

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{{Cite journal

| title = Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America

| date = 2018

| last1 = Bousquet | first1 = Yves

| last2 = Thomas | first2 = Donald B.

| last3 = Bouchard | first3 = Patrice

| last4 = Smith | first4 = Aaron D.

| last5 = Aalbu | first5 = Rolf L.

| last6 = Johnston | first6 = M. Andrew

| last7 = Steiner | first7 = Warren E. Jr.

| display-authors = 4

| journal = ZooKeys

| issue = 728| pages = 1–455

| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602

| pmc=5799738

| pmid=29416389

| doi-access = free

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea

| date = 2013

| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.

| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.

| publisher = Apollo Books

| isbn = 978-90-04-26090-0

}}

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