Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781)

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Grimm, Roland, 2014, The genus Alphitobius Stephens (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Alphitobiini) in Africa and adjacent islands, ZooKeys 415, pp. 169-190 : 178

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scientific name	Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781)
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Treatment

Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781) Figs 14, 26

Opatrum laevigatus Fabricius, 1781

Tenebrio mauritanicus Fabricius, 1792, syn.

Helops picipes Panzer, 1794, syn.

Helops piceus Olivier, 1795, syn.

Alphitobius granivorus Mulsant & Godart, 1868, syn.

Cataphronetis striatulus Fairmaire, 1869, syn.

Microphyes rufipes MacLeay, 1873, syn.

Alphitobius ruficolor Pic, 1925, syn.

New material.

Somalia, Eil (Nogal), III./IV.1938, leg. S. Venzo, 1 ex. TMSA. - Niger, Maradi, 5.-7.VIII.1981, leg. R. Grimm, 1 ex. CRG. - Niger, Niamey, 9. -14.VIII.1989, leg. R. Grimm, 2 ex CRG. - Ghana, Ashanti Region, Kumasi, Nhiasu, 16.V.1967, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 1 ex. TMSA. - Cameroon, Longji, 1905, leg. H. Paschen, 1 ex. MNB. - Cameroon, Sasse-Buea, IV.-V.1951, collector unknown, 1 ex. CRA. - Congo, Oubangui-Chari, no further data, leg. Škulina, 1 ex. NMP. - Kenya, no further data, leg. Škulina, 1 ex. NMP. - Tanzania, Daressalam, Pangani, about 1930, leg. R. Regner, 6 ex. MNB. - Tanzania, Pangani to Tanga, VI.1891, leg. Conradt, 2 ex. MNB. - Tanzania, Massa to Tanga, 14.VII.-6.VIII.1891, leg. Conradt, 3 ex. MNB. - Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Ranamafona, 29.XI.-2.XII.1995, leg. I. Jeniš, 1 ex. CRG. - Madagascar, Ambovombe Distr., Faux Camp, I.1956, leg. C. Koch, 2 ex. TMSA. - Namibia, Fish River Canyon, Ai-Ais, 250 m, 19.XI.1993, leg. M. Uhlig, 1 ex. MNB. - South Africa, Limpopo, Krüger NP, Skukuza, 29.I.1994, leg. S. Endrödy-Younga, 1 ex. TMSA. - South Africa, Limpopo, Krüger NP, Skukuza, 8.-22.XII.2009, leg. J. Harrison, 2 ex. TMSA. - South Africa, Limpopo, Krüger NP, Skukuza, VIII.1992, leg. L. Braack, 10 ex. TMSA. - South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria, 28.XI.1999, leg. B. Dombrowsky, 1 ex. TMSA. - South Africa, Cape Town, 1965, leg. Dickson, 2 ex. TMSA.

Type locality.

"Noua Zelandia".

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan.