Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling beetles)

Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)

Glänzendschwarzer Getreideschimmelkäfer Lesser Mealworm

Synonyms and other combinations:

Tenebrio diaperinus Panzer, 1797 |

  • Alphitobius diaperinus 6254
    Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)  Glänzendschwarzer Getreideschimmelkäfer  Lesser Mealworm 
    Alphitobius diaperinus, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2013-08-03 09:50:51
    Image number: 6254

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2013-08-03 09:50:51
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Alphitobius diaperinus 6255
    Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)  Glänzendschwarzer Getreideschimmelkäfer  Lesser Mealworm 
    Alphitobius diaperinus
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2013-08-03 19:54:24
    Image number: 6255

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2013-08-03 19:54:24
  • Alphitobius diaperinus 8401
    Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)  Glänzendschwarzer Getreideschimmelkäfer  Lesser Mealworm 
    Alphitobius diaperinus, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2018-07-24 22:58:18
    Image number: 8401

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2018-07-24 22:58:18
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Alphitobius diaperinus 8402
    Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)  Glänzendschwarzer Getreideschimmelkäfer  Lesser Mealworm 
    Alphitobius diaperinus, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2018-07-24 23:01:17
    Image number: 8402

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2018-07-24 23:01:17
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Alphitobius diaperinus, bottom view 10178
    Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)  Glänzendschwarzer Getreideschimmelkäfer  Lesser Mealworm 
    Alphitobius diaperinus, bottom view
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-08-19 21:16:50
    Image number: 10178
    bottom view
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-08-19 21:16:50

Further vernacular names:
Litter Beetle
Classification:
Alphitobius diaperinus belongs to the subfamily Tenebrioninae, tribe Alphitobiini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
  3. William H. Robinson: Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, 472 pp., ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-511-11138-9
  4. James C. Dunford and Phillip E. Kaufman: Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) - Featured Creatures, University of Florida