Dendarus messenius

Dendarus messenius

Dendarus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae
Dendarus (Pandarinus) messenius (Brullé, 1832) 14 mm long Tenebrionidae from Greece ID based on this publication: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311844896_Coleoptera_Tenebrionidae_recorded_by_Serge_Peslier_during_recent_entomological_trips_in_Greece_in_French Dendarus messenius,Fall,Geotagged,Greece

Naming

Brullé, 1832

Distribution

South Balkans and Asia Minor

References:

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311844896_Coleoptera_Tenebrionidae_recorded_by_Serge_Peslier_during_recent_entomological_trips_in_Greece_in_French
https://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/en/museum/photo-archive/selection/images/nhmc.image.96863
https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2023901/content_c703925f_475d_45b1_9d71_904640a8a013
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyTenebrionidae
GenusDendarus
SpeciesDendarus messenius
Photographed in
Greece