Alobates (Motschulsky 1872) is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.

[1][2][3] These species are often misidentified, but can be differentiated by a view of the mentum of the head ventral.

A. barbatus have a tuft of long yellow setae, while A. pensylvanicus does not.

These two species belong to the genus Alobates: Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2] The species Alobates pensylvanicus is sometimes erroneously spelled "pennsylvanica" or "pensylvanica".

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