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 [south/south-east Aegean (D. foraminosus complex, D. rhodius, D. sporadicus, D. wettsteini); central to north Aegean, Turkey and mainland Greece (D. crenulatus, D. moesiacus group, D. sinuatus complex, D. stygius) and mainland Greece (D. messenius, D. paganettii)].
Species
The following species and subspecies within Dendarus are accepted by the Fauna Europaea database:
- Dendarus ananensis <small>Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002</small>
- Dendarus anaphianus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus angulitibia <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus antikythirensis <small>Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002</small>
- Dendarus armeniacus <small>Baudi, 1876</small>
- Dendarus aubei <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus caelatus <small>Brullé, 1832</small>
- Dendarus calcaratus <small>Baudi, 1881</small>
- Dendarus carinatus <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus cazorlensis <small>Koch, 1944</small>
- Dendarus coarcticollis <small>(Mulsant, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus corcyrensis <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus crenulatus <small>(Ménétriés, 1832)</small>
- Dendarus dalmatinus <small>(Germar, 1824)</small>
- Dendarus dentitibia <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus depressus <small>Reitter, 1915</small>
- Dendarus dragonadanus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus elongatus <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus falassarnensis <small>Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002</small>
- Dendarus foraminosus <small>(Kuster, 1851)</small>
- Dendarus graecus <small>Brullé, 1832</small>
- Dendarus grampusanus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus insidiosus <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- D. insidiosus subsp. alcojonensis <small>Español, 1961</small>
- D. insidiosus subsp. insidiosus <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus lugens <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus maximus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus messenius <small>(Brullé, 1832)</small>
- Dendarus moesiacus <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus mylonasi <small>Chatzimanolis, Engel & Trichas, 2002</small>
- Dendarus opacus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus orientalis <small>Seidlitz, 1893</small>
- Dendarus pardoi <small>Escalera, 1944</small>
- Dendarus pectoralis <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- D. pectoralis subsp. bejarensis <small>Español, 1961</small>
- D. pectoralis subsp. castilianus <small>(Piochard de la Brulerie, 1869)</small>
- D. pectoralis subsp. pectoralis <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus piceus <small>(Olivier, 1811)</small>
- Dendarus piochardi <small>Español, 1937</small>
- Dendarus plicatulus <small>(Brullé, 1832)</small>
- D. plicatulus subsp. jonicus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- D. plicatulus subsp. paganettii <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- D. plicatulus subsp. plicatulus <small>(Brullé, 1832)</small>
- D. plicatulus subsp. victoris <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus politus <small>Reitter, 1904</small>
- Dendarus punctatus <small>(Serville, 1825)</small>
- Dendarus puncticollis <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus rhodius <small>Baudi, 1876</small>
- Dendarus schatzmayri <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus schusteri <small>Español, 1937</small>
- Dendarus scoparipes <small>Reitter, 1904</small>
- Dendarus seidlitzi <small><small>Reitter, 1904</small></small>
- Dendarus serripes <small>Reitter, 1904</small>
- Dendarus simius <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus sinuatus <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus sporadicus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus stampalicus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus stygius <small>(Waltl, 1838)</small>
- D. stygius subsp. oertzeni <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- D. stygius subsp. stygius <small>(Waltl, 1838)</small>
- Dendarus tenellus <small>(Mulsant & Rey, 1854)</small>
- Dendarus tristis <small>Laporte de Castelnau, 1840</small>
- Dendarus werneri <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus wernerianus <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus wettsteini <small>Koch, 1948</small>
- Dendarus zariquieyi <small>Español, 1937</small>
- D. zariquieyi subsp. almeriensis <small>Escalera, 1944</small>
- D. zariquieyi subsp. vivesi <small>Español, 1961</small>
- D. zariquieyi subsp. zariquieyi <small>Español, 1937</small>
Notes
References
External links