| 词条 | Somaticus |
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| image = Somaticus aeneus.jpg | image_caption = Somaticus aeneus, subtribe Trachynotina | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Coleoptera | familia = Tenebrionidae | subfamilia = Pimeliinae | tribus = Sepidiini | genus = Somaticus | genus_authority = Hope, 1840 | synonyms = }} 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:
References1. ^1 {{cite book |last=Picker |first=M.|title=Field guide to Insects of South Africa |year=2004 |publisher=Struik |location=Cape Town |isbn=978-1-77007-061-5|pages=232|display-authors=etal}} 2. ^{{cite journal |last=Drinkwater |first=T.W. |title=Morphology of and key to the larvae of six somaticus spp coleoptera tenebrionidae |journal=Journal of African Zoology |date=1991 |volume=105 |issue=6 |pages=509–536 }} }}{{Taxonbar|from=Q15137408}} 3 : Pimeliinae|Tenebrionidae genera|Beetles of Africa |
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