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Tribe Alphitobiini

Tenebrionidae, dorsal - Alphitobius diaperinus Tenebrionidae, ventral - Alphitobius diaperinus Another Blapstinus? - Alphitobius diaperinus The Lesser (of two) Mealworms - Alphitobius diaperinus Alphitobius diaperinus? - Alphitobius diaperinus Alphitobius diaperinus? - Alphitobius diaperinus Darkling Beetle - Alphitobius diaperinus Alphitobius laevigatus? - Alphitobius laevigatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Tenebrioninae
Tribe Alphitobiini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Metaclisa (formerly treated here) has been assigned to a tribe of its own(1)
Explanation of Names
Alphitobiini Reitter 1917
Numbers
a single genus in our area(2)
Works Cited
1.New assignments among the genera Haplandrus LeConte, Metaclisa Jacquelin Du Val and Tharsus LeConte with descriptions...
Steiner W.E. 2016. Ann. Zool. 66: 529-550.
2.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.
Contributed by v belov on 24 July, 2009 - 4:25pm
Last updated 18 December, 2018 - 10:55am

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