Somaticus
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| Somaticus aeneus, subtribe Trachynotina | |
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Somaticus
Hope, 1840
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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.[1] The larvae of several species are known to damage maize crops.[2] The adults are matt black with longitudinal ridges on the pronotum and elytra, and may be covered in hairs of different colours.[1]
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 Haagi-Rutenberg,1873
