Alphitobius

Alphitobius
Alphitobius laevigatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Tenebrionidae
Tribe:Alphitobiini
Genus:Alphitobius
Stephens, 1829

Alphitobius is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 16 described species in Alphitobius.[1][2][3][4]

Alphitobius laevigatus

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Alphitobius:

  • Alphitobius acutangulus Gebien, 1921 g
  • Alphitobius crenatus (Klug, 1833) g
  • Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797) i c g b (lesser mealworm)
  • Alphitobius grandis Fairmaire, 1897 g
  • Alphitobius hobohmi Koch, 1953 g
  • Alphitobius karrooensis Koch, 1953 g
  • Alphitobius kochi Ardoin, 1958 g
  • Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781) i c g b (black fungus beetle)
  • Alphitobius lamottei Ardoin, 1963 g
  • Alphitobius leleupi Koch, 1953 g
  • Alphitobius limbalis Fairmaire, 1901 g
  • Alphitobius lucasorum Bremer, 1985 g
  • Alphitobius niger Ferrer, 1983 g
  • Alphitobius parallelipennis Koch, 1953 g
  • Alphitobius rugosulus Koch, 1953 g
  • Alphitobius viator Mulsant & Godart, 1868 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alphitobius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Alphitobius". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. 1 2 "Alphitobius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. 1 2 "Alphitobius Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Bousquet, Y.; Thomas, D.B.; Bouchard, P.; Smith, A.D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys. 728. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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