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Zophobas

''Zophobas'' is a genus of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. In Cuba beetles of this genus are known as blind click-beetles.〔Garrido, O. H. and E. Gutierrez. (1994). (Variability of ''Zophobas rugipes'' Kirsch (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninii) in Cuba. ) ''Insecta Mundi''. 8(3-4). Paper 284.〕
Perhaps the best known species is ''Zophobas morio'', a beetle whose larvae are robust mealworms sold as food for pets such as lizards. The larvae are known commonly as "superworms".〔(Darkling Beetle and Larva, ''Zophobas morio''. ) Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory.〕 They can also be used to feed fish such as tilapia in commercial aquaculture, in the form of meal.〔Jabir, M. D. A. R., et al. (2012). (Nutritive potential and utilization of super worm (''Zophobas morio'') meal in the diet of Nile tilapia (''Oreochromis niloticus'') juvenile. ) ''African Journal of Biotechnology'' 11(24) 6592-98.〕
''Zophobus atratus'' is also used as pet food, sold in pet stores〔Miller, J. S., et al. (1996). (Eicosanoids modulate nodulation responses to bacterial infections in larvae of the tenebrionid beetle ''Zophobus atratus''. ) ''J Insect Physiol'' 42(1) 3-12.〕 under the name "giant mealworms", but should not be confused with darkling beetle mealworms sprayed with juvenile hormone.〔Ichikawa, T. and H. Sakamoto. (2013). (A third type of defensive behavior in the tenebrionid beetle ''Zophobas atratus'' pupae. ) ''Journal of Insect Science'' 13 33.〕 Studies have found that in the wild the larvae sometimes live in bat guano, and they tend to cannibalize the pupae of their own species.〔Tschinkel, W. (1981). (Larval dispersal and cannibalism in a natural population of ''Zophobas atratus'' (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). ) ''Anim Behav'' 29 990-96.〕
Species include:〔
*''Zophobas atratus''
*''Zophobas batavorum''
*''Zophobas laticollis''
*''Zophobas morio''
*''Zophobas rugipes''
==References==


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