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Parent Taxon

• Tenebrionidae

Sibling Taxa

• Aphrotus
• Aspidolobus
• Bothrotes
• Conoecus
• Cyrtomius
• Epitragodes
• Epitragosoma
• Epitragus
• Geoborus
• Hypselops
• Lobometopon
• Metopoloba
• Namibismus
• Nyctopetus
• Omopheres
• Parepitragus
• Pechalius
• Penaus
• Perepitragus
• Phegoneus
• Polemiotus
• Pseudothinobatis
• Schoenicus

Child Taxa

• Bothrotes acutus
• Bothrotes amplificans
• Bothrotes angusticollis
• Bothrotes apertus
• Bothrotes arundinis
• Bothrotes canaliculatus
• Bothrotes perditus
• Bothrotes pertinax
• Bothrotes picipennis
• Bothrotes pinorum
• Bothrotes plumbeus
• Bothrotes tenebrosus

Top Observation Places

• Morelia
• Denton
• Fort Collins
• Lubbock
• Albuquerque
• Mexico City
• Iztapalapa
• Álvaro Obregón
• Coyoacán
• Tlalpan
• Venustiano Carranza
• Benito Juárez
• Iztacalco
• Benito Juarez
• Colonia del Valle
• Magdalena Contreras
• Colonia Nativitas