For example, the Tenebrionid beetle "Onymacris rugatipennis" can withstand . Although they once had wings, tenebrionid beetles are flightless. "Scarites buparius" and the tenebrionid (darkling beetles), "Erodius siculus" and "Pimelia bipunctata". Tenebrionid beetles were found to be especially numerous in one study. Tenebrionid beetles occupy ecological niches in mainly deserts and forests as plant scavengers.