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''Alobates ( Motschulsky 1872)'' is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The name likely comes from Greek 'alo' (variant of allo) meaning 'other', and 'bates' meaning 'one who treads/haunts'. There are at least two described species in ''Alobates''. These species are often misidentified, but can be differentiated by a view of the 
mentum
The mentum is an anatomical structure, a projecting feature that is near the mouth of a variety of animals:
*In insects, the mentum is the distal part of the labium. The mentum bears the palps, glossae, paraglossae, and/or ligula.
*On the huma ...
of the head ventral. ''A. barbatus
A is the first letter of the Latin and English alphabet.
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'' have a tuft of long yellow setae, while '' A. pensylvanicus'' does not.
Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Alobates'': * '' Alobates barbatus'' (Knoch, 1801) b * '' Alobates pensylvanicus'' (DeGeer, 1775) g b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net The species ''Alobates pensylvanicus'' is sometimes erroneously spelled "pennsylvanica" or "pensylvanica".References
Further reading
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* Tenebrionidae Tenebrionidae genera {{tenebrionidae-stub