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Alobates
Genus
Alobates
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
Stenochiinae
Tribe
Cnodalonini
Genus
Alobates
Explanation of Names
Alobates
Motschulsky
1872
Likely from Greek
alo
(variant of
allo
) 'other' +
bates
'one who treads/haunts'
(
1
)
Numbers
2 spp. in our area
(
2
)
Size
17-23 mm
(
3
)
Identification
Key to species:
Mentum smooth,
without
tuft of long yellowish setae--->
pensylvanicus
Mentum
with
tuft of long yellowish setae--->
barbatus
Range
e. North America,
A.pensylvanicus
into Mexico
(
2
)
Habitat
under bark on dead standing trees
(
3
)
Season
All year under bark
See Also
Merinus laevis
Works Cited
1.
Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.
The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States
Contributed by
Cotinis
on 21 September, 2004 - 11:30pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
Boris Bueche
,
v belov
,
Hisserdude
Last updated 14 July, 2020 - 1:15am