Alphitobius

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

Alphitobius
Alphitobius laevigatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Alphitobiini
Genus: Alphitobius
Stephens, 1829

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


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