Alphitobius is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 18 described species in Alphitobius.[1][2][3][4]
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| Alphitobius laevigatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
| Tribe: | Alphitobiini |
| Genus: | Alphitobius Stephens, 1829 |
Species edit
These 18 species belong to the genus Alphitobius:
- Alphitobius acutangulus Gebien, 1921
- Alphitobius arnoldi
- Alphitobius capitaneus Schawaller & Grimm, 2014
- Alphitobius crenatus (Klug, 1833)
- Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797) (lesser mealworm)
- Alphitobius grandis Fairmaire, 1897
- Alphitobius hobohmi Koch, 1953
- Alphitobius karrooensis Koch, 1953
- Alphitobius kochi Ardoin, 1958
- Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781) (black fungus beetle)
- Alphitobius lamottei Ardoin, 1963
- Alphitobius leleupi Koch, 1953
- Alphitobius limbalis Fairmaire, 1901
- Alphitobius lucasorum Bremer, 1985
- Alphitobius niger Ferrer, 1983
- Alphitobius parallelipennis Koch, 1953
- Alphitobius rugosulus Koch, 1953
- Alphitobius viator Mulsant & Godart, 1868
References edit
- ^ "Alphitobius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Alphitobius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Alphitobius genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
Further reading edit
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
External links edit
Media related to Alphitobius at Wikimedia Commons
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