Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Cucujiformia > Superfamily Tenebrionoidea > Family Tenebrionidae > Subfamily Tenebrioninae > Tribe Alphitobiini > Genus Alphitobius

Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tenebrio Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alphitobius*	Stephens, 1832	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tenebrio diaperinus*	Panzer, 1797	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Hønseribille sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Piepschuimkever sources: Dutch Species Register

English-United States: Lesser Mealworm Beetle

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

Dr. Simone Fattorini. Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=281146

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Occurrence

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Importance

IUCN:
Red List status NT 2009 This species is near threatened and is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is near threatened and is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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Last modified

2004-10-26 by Prof. Paolo Audisio & by Dr. Simone Fattorini

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