Tenebrio molitor

TaxID: 7067

Basic Information

Tenebrio molitor

Hardback Beetle, Yellow Mealworm, yellow mealworm

Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle. The yellow mealworm beetle prefers a warmer climate and higher humidity. Male mealworm beetles release a sex pheromone to attract females to mate. Tenebrio molitor has been used in biomedical research. Mealworms can be a dietary source for animals and humans. They are also considered pests, especially to food storage.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Tenebrionidae

Tenebrio

molitor

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Tenebrio molitor
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(c) tapaculo99@BY-NC
Tenebrio molitor
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(c) Dina Nesterkova@BY-NC
Tenebrio molitor
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(c) Gilles San Martin@BY-SA
Tenebrio molitor
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(c) Gilles San Martin@BY-SA
Tenebrio molitor
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(c) lymantriman@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Egypt Disinfected-Admitted —
Trinidad and Tobago Quarantine pests —

Distribution (55 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Belarus Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (7 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_963966145.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_963966125.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_907166875.3 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_037075425.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_027725215.1 Scaffold - - - -
GCA_014282415.3 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_014282415.2 Scaffold 294 23 27 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR28672068 whole body imago female 8517011 Russia: Moscow
SRR28672067 whole body imago male 10478459 Russia: Moscow
SRR28672066 whole body late pupa - 13118049 Russia: Moscow

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature