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Onymacris

Onymacris is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 14 described species in Onymacris. They are found primarily along the southwestern coast of Africa, especially in the Namib Desert.

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Onymacris
Onymacris plana, Namibia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Pimeliinae
Tribe: Adesmiini
Genus: Onymacris
Allard, 1885

Onymacris is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 14 described species in Onymacris. They are found primarily along the southwestern coast of Africa, especially in the Namib Desert.1234

Onymacris plana, Namibia source ↗

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Onymacris:

  • Onymacris bicolor (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
  • Onymacris boschimana (Péringuey, 1888)
  • Onymacris brainei Penrith, 1984
  • Onymacris candidipennis (Bréme, 1840)
  • Onymacris hottentota (Péringuey, 1888)
  • Onymacris laeviceps Gebien, 1938
  • Onymacris langi (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
  • Onymacris lobicollis (Fairmaire, 1888)
  • Onymacris marginipennis (Breme, 1840)
  • Onymacris multistriata (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
  • Onymacris paiva (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
  • Onymacris plana (Péringuey, 1888)
  • Onymacris rugatipennis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
  • Onymacris unguicularis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1875)
References

References

  1. "Namibia Biodiversity Database, Onymacris plana". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. "NCBI Taxonomy Browswer, Onymacris". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  3. "GBIF, Onymacris". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  4. Lamb, Trip; Bond, Jason E. (2013). "A multilocus perspective on phylogenetic relationships in the Namib darkling beetle genus Onymacris (Tenebrionidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.026. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
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