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Alphitobius
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Alphitobius

Alphitobius is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about 16 described species in Alphitobius.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lesser Mealworm

speciesAlphitobius diaperinus

Black Fungus Beetle

speciesAlphitobius laevigatus

Alphitobius arnoldi

speciesAlphitobius arnoldi

Alphitobius hobohmi

speciesAlphitobius hobohmi

Alphitobius karrooensis

speciesAlphitobius karrooensis

Alphitobius parallelipennis

speciesAlphitobius parallelipennis

Alphitobius viator

speciesAlphitobius viator

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53932.