Table 1.
A list of known Tribolium species, the relative degree to which they are agricultural pests, and their described distributions.
| Tribolium MacLeay (1825) species | pest | known distribution |
|---|---|---|
| brevicornis group | North and South America | |
| T. brevicornis (Leconte 1859) | ++ | California |
| T. carinatum Hinton (1948) | Argentina | |
| T. gebieni Uyttenboogaart (1934) | Paraguay | |
| T. linsleyi Hinton (1948) | Mexico | |
| T. parallelus (Casey 1890) | + | western North America |
| T. setosum Triplehorn (1978) | Arizona | |
| T. uezumii Nakane (1963)a | Honshu (Japan)* | |
| confusum group | Africa | |
| T. anaphe Hinton (1948) | + | central Africa |
| T. arndti Grimm (2001) | South Africa | |
| T. beccarii Gridelli (1950)a | Aïr (Niger) | |
| T. bremeri Grimm (2001) | South Africa | |
| T. confusum Jacquelin du Val (1868) | +++ | cosmopolitan* |
| T. destructor Uyttenboogaart (1934) | +++ | cosmopolitan* |
| T. downesi Hinton (1948) | Mali, Sudan, Chad | |
| T. ferreri Grimm (2001) | Gambia | |
| T. indicum Blair (1930) | central Africa, Saudi Arabia*, Iran*, India* | |
| T. risbeci Lepesme (1943) | Senegal | |
| T. semele Hinton (1948) | Mali, Mauritania, Sudan, Chad | |
| T. semicostata (Gebien 1910) | Kenya | |
| T. sulmo Hinton (1948) | Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana | |
| T. thusa Hinton (1948) | + | Chad, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia |
| alcine group | Madagascar | |
| T. alcine Hinton (1948) | Madagascar | |
| T. ceto Hinton (1948) | Madagascar | |
| T. quadricollis (Fairmaire 1902) | Madagascar | |
| castaneum group | South and Southeast Asia | |
| T. apiculum Neboiss (1962) | Australia | |
| T. audax Halstead (1969) | ++ | North America* |
| T. caledonicum Kaszab (1982) | Lifou (New Caledonia) | |
| T. castaneum (Herbst, 1797) | +++ | cosmopolitan* |
| T. cylindricum Hinton (1948) | Malay peninsula, Indonesia, Borneo, Philippines | |
| T. freemani Hinton (1948) | + | Kashmir, Japan*, Brazil* |
| T. madens (Charpentier 1825) | +++ | cosmopolitan* |
| T. parki Hinton (1948) | Bali, Larat (Tanimbar archipelago, Indonesia) | |
| T. politum Hinton (1948) | Doerian (Indonesia) | |
| T. waterhousei Hinton (1948) | Queensland, New South Wales | |
| myrmecophilum group | Australia | |
| T. antennatum Hinton (1948) | Queensland | |
| T. myrmecophilum Lea (1904) | Victoria |
*
Possibly introduced by human activity.
a
T. uezumii may be synonymous with T. carinatum, and T. beccarii may be a subspecies of T. downesi (Halstead, 1967).