Heterotarsus

Heterotarsus is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Blaptinae, occurring in Asia and Africa.^[1][2]

Heterotarsus
Heterotarsus tenebrioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Blaptinae
Genus:	Heterotarsus Latreille, 1829

Description

Heterotarsus have the clypeus deeply lobed in the middle. The antennae have a 4- or 5-segmented club. Each elytron has 9 striae and 10 intervals. The epipleurae of the elytra are broad, sharply margined and shortened well before the apex. The front and mid tarsi have the first three segments expanded and ventrally hairy, while the hind tarsi have the first two segments expanded and hairy. For all tarsi, the third-last segment is deeply lobed.^[3]

Species

Some of the species in this genus are:^[3]

• Heterotarsus aphodioides Fairmaire, 1886
• Heterotarsus auriculatus Marséul, 1876
• Heterotarsus carinula Marséul, 1876
• Heterotarsus crenulifer Kaszab, 1941
• Heterotarsus indicus Marseul, 1876
• Heterotarsus inflatus Lacordaire, 1859
• Heterotarsus metallifer Kaszab, 1976
• Heterotarsus pustulifer Fairmaire, 1888
• Heterotarsus thailandicus Grimm, 2016^[2]
• Heterotarsus topali Kaszab, 1976
• Heterotarsus urbani Kaszab, 1941