Strongylium
{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Strongylium terminatum P1460459a.jpg
| image_caption = Strongylium terminatum
| taxon = Strongylium
| authority = Ditmar, 1809
| display_parents = 2
| diversity_link = List of Strongylium species
| diversity = more than 700 species
}} __NOTOC__
Strongylium is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. It is one of the largest genera in both the family and its subfamily, Stenochiinae, with more than 1,400 known species.{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=W.Q. |last2=Li |first2 = P. |last3=Yuan |first3=C.X. |title=One new recorded species of the genus Strongylium (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from China |journal= Far Eastern Entomologist |date=4 June 2018 |volume=360 |pages=15–20 |doi=10.25221/FEE.360.2 |s2cid=134289075 |doi-access=free }} These beetles are widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the Old and New World. More than 300 species are native to the Neotropics.
Gallery
Strongylium auratum.jpg|Strongylium auratum
Strongylium crenatum (49975186706).jpg|Strongylium crenatum
Strongylium cultellatum (Maklin, 1864) Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae (16284030765).jpg|Strongylium cultellatum
Strongylium_from_Laos.jpg|Strongylium cf. erythrocephalum
Metallic Tree Darkling Beetle (Strongylium purpuripenne) (11670840164).jpg|Strongylium purpuripenne
Strongylium tenuicolle.jpg|Strongylium tenuicolle
See also
References
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{{Cite web| title=Strongylium
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3262018
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-12-30
}}
{{Cite web| title=Strongylium genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/89683
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-12-30
}}
{{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
}}
}}
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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External links
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