Alphitobius

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Alphitobius
Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781) (11419955376).png
Alphitobius laevigatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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]

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Alphitobius laevigatus

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Alphitobius:

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References

  1. "Alphitobius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Alphitobius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. 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.

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