Alobates

Alobates
Alobates pensylvanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Tribe: Cnodalonini
Genus: Alobates
Motschoulsky, 1872

Alobates (Motschulsky 1872) is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The name likely comes from Greek 'alo' (variant of allo) meaning 'other', and 'bates' meaning 'one who treads/haunts'. There are at least two described species in Alobates. These species are often misidentified, but can be differentiated by a view of the mentum of the head ventral. A. barbatus have a tuft of long yellow setae, while A. pensylvanicus does not.

Alobates pensylvanica

Species

These two species belong to the genus Alobates:

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

The species Alobates pensylvanicus is sometimes erroneously spelled "pennsylvanica" or "pensylvanica".

References

  1. 1 2 "Alobates". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. 1 2 "Alobates Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Alobates Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  4. ↑ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  5. ↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-17.

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