Afrogethes

Afrogethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 2 described species in Afrogethes.[1][2]

Afrogethes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Nitidulidae
Subfamily: Meligethinae
Genus: Afrogethes

Species
gollark: The original intended use *was* just mice and keyboards and whatnot.
gollark: 12V might have been good. I'm not sure why they didn't use it.
gollark: USB-C with whatever power delivery stuff can do 12V, at least.
gollark: Running USB devices off alkaline batteries is kind of niche and was especially niche when the standard was made.
gollark: <@151391317740486657> *But* computer PSUs also have 5V rails. 12V and 3.3V too though, I'm not sure why they didn't use those.

References
  1. "Afrogethes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. "Afrogethes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  • Audisio, P., A. R. Cline, A. De Biase, G. Antonini, E. Mancini, M. Trizzino, L. Costantini, et al. (2009). "Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, vol. 49, no. 2, 341–504.

Further reading
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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