Dendarus


Dendarus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The genus is distributed from Morocco to Caucasus and exhibits a high level of diversity with 36 species, 27 of which are island endemics.
Analyses of the phylogenetic relationships of 23 species from Greece and Turkey revealed 13 distinct lineages with several para- and polyphyletic cases corresponding to three major phylogroups .

Species

The following species and subspecies within Dendarus are accepted by the Fauna Europaea database:Dendarus ananensis Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002Dendarus anaphianus Koch, 1948Dendarus angulitibia Koch, 1948Dendarus antikythirensis Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002Dendarus armeniacus Baudi, 1876Dendarus aubei Dendarus caelatus Brullé, 1832Dendarus calcaratus Baudi, 1881Dendarus carinatus Dendarus cazorlensis Koch, 1944
  • Dendarus coarcticollis Dendarus corcyrensis Koch, 1948Dendarus crenulatus Dendarus dalmatinus Dendarus dentitibia Koch, 1948Dendarus depressus Reitter, 1915Dendarus dragonadanus Koch, 1948Dendarus elongatus Dendarus falassarnensis Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002Dendarus foraminosus Dendarus graecus Brullé, 1832Dendarus grampusanus Koch, 1948Dendarus insidiosus
  • * D. insidiosus subsp. alcojonensis Español, 1961
  • * D. insidiosus subsp. insidiosus Dendarus lugens Dendarus maximus Koch, 1948Dendarus messenius Dendarus moesiacus Dendarus mylonasi Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002Dendarus opacus Koch, 1948Dendarus orientalis Seidlitz, 1893Dendarus pardoi Escalera, 1944Dendarus pectoralis
  • * D. pectoralis subsp. bejarensis Español, 1961
  • * D. pectoralis subsp. castilianus
  • * D. pectoralis subsp. pectoralis Dendarus piceus Dendarus piochardi Español, 1937Dendarus plicatulus
  • * D. plicatulus subsp. jonicus Koch, 1948
  • * D. plicatulus subsp. paganettii Koch, 1948
  • * D. plicatulus subsp. plicatulus
  • * D. plicatulus subsp. victoris Dendarus politus Reitter, 1904 Dendarus punctatus Dendarus puncticollis Koch, 1948 Dendarus rhodius Baudi, 1876 Dendarus schatzmayri Koch, 1948Dendarus schusteri Español, 1937Dendarus scoparipes Reitter, 1904 Dendarus seidlitzi ''Reitter, 1904Dendarus serripes Reitter, 1904 Dendarus simius Dendarus sinuatus Dendarus sporadicus Koch, 1948 Dendarus stampalicus Koch, 1948 Dendarus stygius
  • * D. stygius subsp. oertzeni Koch, 1948
  • * D. stygius subsp. stygius Dendarus tenellus Dendarus tristis Laporte de Castelnau, 1840Dendarus werneri Koch, 1948 Dendarus wernerianus Koch, 1948 Dendarus wettsteini Koch, 1948Dendarus zariquieyi Español, 1937
  • * D. zariquieyi subsp. almeriensis Escalera, 1944
  • * D. zariquieyi subsp. vivesi Español, 1961
  • * D. zariquieyi subsp. zariquieyi'' Español, 1937