Aphanotus

Aphanotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Tenebrioninae
Tribe:	Triboliini
Genus:	Aphanotus; Leconte, 1962[1]

Aphanotus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. Species in this genus were previously within Tribolium but placed in the genus Aphanotus following phylogenetic evidence.[2]

Species

Aphanotus brevicornis (Leconte, 1859)
Aphanotus carinatum (Hinton, 1948)
Aphanotus gebieni (Uyttenboogaart, 1934)
Aphanotus parallelus (Casey, 1890)
Aphanotus linsleyi (Hinton, 1948)
Aphanotus setosum (Triplehorn, 1978)
Aphanotus uezumii (Nakane, 1963)

References

LeConte, JL (1962). "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America prepared for the Smithsonian Institution". Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 233: 209–286 (Aphanotus: p. 233).
Angelini, DR; Jockusch, EL (2008). "Relationships among pest flour beetles of the genus Tribolium (Tenebrionidae) inferred from multiple molecular markers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (1): 127–141.

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[1] LeConte, JL (1962). "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America prepared for the Smithsonian Institution". Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 233: 209–286 (Aphanotus: p. 233).

[2] Angelini, DR; Jockusch, EL (2008). "Relationships among pest flour beetles of the genus Tribolium (Tenebrionidae) inferred from multiple molecular markers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (1): 127–141.