Alphitobius

Alphitobius
Alphitobius laevigatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Tenebrioninae
Tribe:	Alphitobiini
Genus:	Alphitobius Stephens, 1829

Alphitobius is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 18 described species in Alphitobius. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Alphitobius laevigatus

Species

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

1. "Alphitobius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Alphitobius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Alphitobius genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. Bibcode:2018ZooK..728....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602 . PMC   5799738 . PMID   29416389.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26090-0.

External links

• Media related to Alphitobius at Wikimedia Commons