Descriptions of the Larva, Pupa and Life History of the North American Darkling Beetle Idiobates castaneus (Knoch) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

This study describes the larva and pupa of the monotypic darkling beetle Idiobates castaneus (Knoch) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the tribe Tenebrionini, from eastern North America. The species inhabits forested regions where adults and associated larvae have been discovered under dry loose bark of dead standing trees where cavities or pockets of frass have formed, apparently following infestations of other insects and rodents. Identity is...