Alphitobiini Explained

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

Further reading

• Book: Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 1861. LeConte . J. L.. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459.
• Book: American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 2002. Somerby . Ronald E.. Thomas . Donald B.. Triplehorn . Charles A.. Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. Thomas . Michael C.. Skelley . Paul E.. Frank . J. Howard. CRC Press. Family 106: Tenebrionidae. 463–509. 978-0-8493-0954-0.