# Strongylium

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{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Strongylium terminatum P1460459a.jpg
| image_caption = ''Strongylium terminatum''
| taxon = Strongylium
| authority = Ditmar, 1809
| display_parents = 2
| diversity_link = List of Strongylium species
| diversity = more than 700 species
}} __NOTOC__

'''''Strongylium''''' is a genus of darkling beetles in the family [Tenebrionidae](/source/Tenebrionidae). It is one of the largest genera in both the family and its subfamily, [Stenochiinae](/source/Stenochiinae), with more than 1,400 known species.<ref name="wan1">{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=W.Q. |last2=Li |first2 = P. |last3=Yuan |first3=C.X. |title=One new recorded species of the genus Strongylium (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from China |journal= Far Eastern Entomologist |date=4 June 2018 |volume=360 |pages=15–20 |doi=10.25221/FEE.360.2 |s2cid=134289075 |doi-access=free }}</ref> These beetles are widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the [Old](/source/Old_World) and [New World](/source/New_World). More than 300 species are native to the [Neotropics](/source/neotropical_realm).<ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugguide/><ref name=Bousquet2018/>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="120" style="font-size:100%; line-height:130%">
Strongylium auratum.jpg|''Strongylium auratum''
Strongylium crenatum (49975186706).jpg|''Strongylium crenatum''
Strongylium cultellatum (Maklin, 1864) Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae (16284030765).jpg|''Strongylium cultellatum''
Strongylium_from_Laos.jpg|''Strongylium'' cf. ''erythrocephalum''
Metallic Tree Darkling Beetle (Strongylium purpuripenne) (11670840164).jpg|''Strongylium purpuripenne''
Strongylium tenuicolle.jpg|''[Strongylium tenuicolle](/source/Strongylium_tenuicolle)''
</gallery>

==See also==
* [List of Strongylium species](/source/List_of_Strongylium_species)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Strongylium''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3262018
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-12-30
}}</ref>

<ref name=bugguide>
{{Cite web| title=''Strongylium'' genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/89683
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-12-30
}}</ref>

<ref name=Bousquet2018>
{{Cite journal
| title = Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
| date = 2018
| last1 = Bousquet | first1 = Yves
| last2 = Thomas | first2 = Donald B.
| last3 = Bouchard | first3 = Patrice
| last4 = Smith | first4 = Aaron D.
| last5 = Aalbu | first5 = Rolf L.
| last6 = Johnston | first6 = M. Andrew
| last7 = Steiner | first7 = Warren E. Jr.
| display-authors = 4
| journal = ZooKeys
| issue = 728| pages = 1–455
| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602
| pmc=5799738
| pmid=29416389
| doi-access = free
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea
| date = 2013
| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.
| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.
| publisher = Apollo Books
| isbn = 978-90-04-26090-0
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Commons-inline}}
{{refend}}

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Category:Tenebrionidae

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