Blaps Explained
Blaps is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 30 described species in Blaps, the genus being most commonly found in Eurasia and Australia, with occasional sightings elsewhere in the world.
Species
These 38 species belong to the genus Blaps:
- Blaps abbreviata Menetries, 1836
- Blaps abdita Picka, 1978
- Blaps alternans Brulle, 1838
- Blaps bedeli Chatanay, 1914
- Blaps bipunctata Allard, 1880
- Blaps brevicornis Seidlitz, 1893
- Blaps foveicollis Allard, 1880
- Blaps gibba Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
- Blaps gigas (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Blaps graeca Solier, 1848
- Blaps halophila Fischer de Waldheim, 1820
- Blaps hispanica Solier, 1848
- Blaps holconota
- Blaps indagator Reiche, 1857
- Blaps kollari Seidlitz, 1893
- Blaps lethifera Marsham, 1802
- Blaps lusitanica Herbst, 1799
- Blaps milleri Seidlitz, 1893
- Blaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804 (cellar beetle)
- Blaps nitens Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
- Blaps ocreata Allard, 1880
- Blaps oertzeni Seidlitz, 1893
- Blaps orbicollis Motschulsky, 1845
- Blaps parvicollis Zoubkoff, 1829
- Blaps planicollis Motschulsky, 1845
- Blaps polychresta (Forskål, 1775)
- Blaps pruinosa Faldermann, 1833
- Blaps putrida Motschulsky, 1845
- Blaps robusta Motschulsky, 1845
- Blaps sinuaticollis Solier, 1848
- Blaps songorica Fischer de Waldheim, 1844
- Blaps splichali Gebien, 1913
- Blaps striola (Motschulsky, 1860)
- Blaps sulcata Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
- Blaps taeniolata Menetries, 1832
- Blaps tibialis Reiche, 1857
- Blaps waltli Seidlitz, 1893
Further reading
- Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26090-0.
