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Tenebrionidae

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Noun1.Tenebrionidae - a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealwormsTenebrionidae - a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid - sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
mealworm - the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae
genus Tribolium, Tribolium - flour beetles


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The primary exception to this is the inclusion of the alleculids and lagriids in the Tenebrionidae because of the general acceptance of this classification.
 
 
 
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