Aphanotus

Aphanotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Tenebrioninae
Tribe:	Triboliini
Genus:	Aphanotus Leconte, 1962[1]

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

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.