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Aphanotus

Aphanotus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. Species in this genus were previously within Tribolium but placed in the genus Aphanotus following phylogenetic evidence.

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Aphanotus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Tribe: Triboliini
Genus: Aphanotus
Leconte, 19621

Aphanotus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. Species in this genus were previously within Tribolium but placed in the genus Aphanotus following phylogenetic evidence.2

Species

  • Aphanotus brevicornis (Leconte, 1859)
  • Aphanotus carinatum (Hinton, 1948)
  • Aphanotus gebieni (Uyttenboogaart, 1934)
  • Aphanotus parallelus (Casey, 1890)
  • Aphanotus linsleyi (Hinton, 1948)
  • Aphanotus setosum (Triplehorn, 1978)
  • Aphanotus uezumii (Nakane, 1963)
References

References

  1. LeConte, JL (1962). "Classification of the Coleoptera of North America prepared for the Smithsonian Institution". Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 233: 209–286 (Aphanotus: p. 233).
  2. Angelini, DR; Jockusch, EL (2008). "Relationships among pest flour beetles of the genus Tribolium (Tenebrionidae) inferred from multiple molecular markers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (1): 127–141. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.017. PMC 2292397. PMID 18024090.