Genus Alphitobius Stephens, 1829

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• Alphitobius Stephens, J.F. 1829. The nomenclature of British insects …. London : Baldwin. [19].

  Type species:

   Helops picipes Panzer, 1794 (= Opatrum laevigatum Fabricius, 1781) by monotypy (see Melville (1975: 136)).
• Heterophaga Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1834. Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. 3 2, pp. 177-256. [199].
• Cryptops Solier, A.J.J. 1851. Die Coleopteren …. In Gay, C. Historia física y política de Chile. Insecta Vols 4 & 5. Paris. [235] [homonym].

  Type species:

   Cryptops ulomoides Solier, 1851 by original designation (from Chile).
• Microphyes Macleay, W.J. 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2(4): 239-318 [286].

  Type species:

   Microphyes rufipes Macleay, 1872 by monotypy.
• Latetribolium Lepesme, P. 1943. Un Tribolium inédit du Sénégal (Col. Tenebrionidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie 10: 45-46 [45].

  Type species:

   Latetribolium risbeci Lepesme, 1943 by original designation (from Senegal).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lacordaire, T. 1859. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Généra des coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Première partie contenant les familles des Ténébrionides, Cistélides, Nilionides, Pythides, Mélandryides, Lagriides, Pédilides, Anthicides, Pyrochroïdes, Mordellides, Rhipiphorides, Stylopides, Meloïdes et Oedémérides. Tome V. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. 750 pp. [340] (Cryptops Solier)
• Blair, K.G. 1914. On the Fabrician types of Tenebrionidae in the Banks Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 482-490 [486] (Microphyes Macleay)
• Hinton, H.E. 1948. A synopsis of the genus Tribolium Macleay, with some remarks on the evolution of its species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 39: 13-55 [45] (Latetribolium Lepesme)

General References

Melville, R.V. 1975. Opinion 1039. Uloma Dejean, 1821 and Phaleria Latreille, 1802 (Insecta Coleoptera): designation of type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32: 136-138 [136]

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