Type material, reputed to be lost, of Tenebrio cornutus Fabricius, 1775 and Tenebrio atratus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), together with two possible syntypes of Tenebrio brunneus Fabricius, 1798 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Parandrinae) and the type of Tenebrio laevis Olivier, 1795 were discovered in the collection of William Hunter (1718-1783) in the Hunterian Museum (Zoology), University of Glasgow. Lectotype and paralectotype are designated for Tauroceras cornutus (Fabricius, 1775); lectotype for Zophobas atratus (Fabricius, 1775); lectotype for Merinus laevis (Olivier, 1795).