{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Iphthiminus italicus (Truqui, 1857) (16790066729).png | image_caption = ''Iphthiminus italicus'' | taxon = Iphthiminus | authority = Spilman, 1973 | synonyms = }}
'''''Iphthiminus''''' is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Tenebrioninae.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id238314/ Biolib]</ref>
==Species== Species within this genus include: *''Iphthiminus italicus'' (Truqui, 1857) *''Iphthiminus lewisii'' (Horn, 1870) *''Iphthiminus opacus'' (LeConte, 1866) *''Iphthiminus serratus'' (Mannerheim, 1843)
== Habitat and Diet == ''Ipthiminus'' are generally found under bark, especially in the rotting logs of coniferous trees such as the Ponderosa Pine. ''Ipthiminus'' has been seen eating subcortical fungus, fruiting fungus such as ''Trichaptum'', and rotting wood itself in lavatory conditions.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gardiner|first=Rebekka M.|last2=Pollock|first2=Darren A.|date=2015-11-26|title=Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Iphthiminus Spilman (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)|url=http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4048.3.2|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4048|issue=3|pages=352|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4048.3.2|issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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Category:Tenebrioninae Category:Tenebrionidae genera
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