North American flour beetle

The North American flour beetle (Aphanotus brevicornis) is a species of flour beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is a pest of stored foodstuff, particularly processed grains.

North American flour beetle
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:
Tenebrioninae
Tribe:
Triboliini
Genus:
Aphanotus
Species:
A. brevicornis
Binomial name
Aphanotus brevicornis
(LeConte, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Eulabis brevicornis
  • Tribolium brevicornis
  • Tribolium brevicorne

This species was originally described as Eulabis brevicornis by LeConte,[1] later placed in the genus Aphanotus by Casey,[2] and further moved to Tribolium by Hinton.[3] However, phylogenetic studies have shown that A. brevicornis is more closely related to Latheticus oryzae and Gnatocerus cornutus than to other Tribolium species, therefore warranting replacement of this species in its previous, otherwise defunct, genus Aphanotus .[4]

References
  1. LeConte, JL (1859). "Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Fort Tejon, California". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia. 11: 69–90.
  2. Casey, TL (1890). "Coleopterological notices, part II". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 5: 307–504.
  3. Hinton, HE (1948). "A synopsis of the genus Tribolium Macleay, with some remarks on the evolution of its species-groups (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 39: 13–55.
  4. 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.
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