Darkling Beetles of Hawai'i (Tenebrionidae) I

Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetle family, can be found all over the world. Encompassing over 20,000 species, it is one of the largest beetle families. This family has been known to thrive in numerous contrasting environments, from the Namib desert to our island paradise, the Hawaiian Islands. Although most species in Hawai'i are adventive, or have arrived from a different locality, a couple endemic species do exist in the University of Hawai'i Insect Museum's collection: Pseudocistela subenescens (Perkins, 1900) & Pseudocistela kauaiensis (Perkins, 1900). Please contribute and help transcribe these specimens in order to better our understanding of their distribution here in Hawai'i.This expedition of 533 tasks is fully transcribed and validated. This data resource is harvested periodically into the main occurrence index.