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Alphitobius
Sign in to saveAlphitobius is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 18 described species in Alphitobius. thumb|Alphitobius laevigatus
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- Specimen records
- 187
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Tenebrionidae
- Collections
- UCM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMMNHS, SAM, UA
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa
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- Parent taxon
- Tenebrionidae
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- Darkling beetle.jpg
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- Alphitobius
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Alphitobius is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 18 described species in Alphitobius. thumb|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
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