| Alphitobiini | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
| Tribe: | Alphitobiini Reitter, 1917 |
Alphitobiini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about eight genera in Alphitobiini.
Genera
These genera belong to the tribe Alphitobiini:
- Alphitobius Stephens, 1829 (North America, the Palearctic, Indomalaya, and Oceania)
- Ardoinia Kaszab, 1969 (tropical Africa)
- Diaclina Jacquelin du Val, 1861 (the Palearctic, tropical Africa, Indomalaya, and Australasia)
- Epipedodema Gebien, 1921 (tropical Africa)
- Guanobius Grimm, 2008 (Indomalaya)
- Hoplopeltis Fairmaire, 1894 (Indomalaya)
- Peltoides Laporte, 1833 (tropical Africa)
- † Alphitopsis Kirejtshuk, Nabozhenko & Nel, 2011
References
- "Alphitobiini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Further reading
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
- Somerby, Ronald E.; Thomas, Donald B.; Triplehorn, Charles A. (2002). "Family 106: Tenebrionidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 463–509. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
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