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Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles. Other common names include larder beetle, hide or leather beetles, carpet beetles, and khapra beetles. There are over 1,800 species described.
Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is the type superfamily of the infraorder Bostrichiformia.
Attageninae was a subfamily of beetles in the family Dermestidae. In 2003, Attageninae was reduced in rank and is now treated as the tribe Attagenini.
Dermestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Dermestidae. It contains the following genera:
Megatominae is a subfamily of the beetle family Dermestidae. This subfamily contains several of the most well-known household and stored-product pest beetles, in the genera Anthrenus and Trogoderma.
Globicornis is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. They are distributed throughout the world.
Orphilus is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North America. It contains the following species:
Egidyella is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, containing the following species:
Ranolus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae from Southeast Asia and Oceania. It was originally described as a subgenus of Attagenus, containing only the species Ranolus cavernicola. It was later found to be a separate genus, and was placed in its own tribe, Ranolini, along with Orphilodes. A second species, Ranolus tenebricola, was described by Jiří Háva in 2014. Orphilodes was later synonymized with Ranolus.
Caccoleptus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, containing the following species:
Miocryptorhopalum kirkbyae is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the only species in the genus Miocryptorhopalum.
Zhantievus lymantriae is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the only species in the genus Zhantievus.
Afrothorictus latus is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the only species in the genus Afrothorictus.
Trichodryas esoterica is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the only species in the genus Trichodryas.
Apsectus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, containing the following species:
Anthrenini is a tribe of beetles in the family Dermestidae. There are at least 100 described species in Anthrenini.
Attagenini is a tribe of carpet beetles in the family Dermestidae. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Attagenini. Attagenini was previously considered a subfamily of Dermestidae called Attageninae, but was reduced in rank to tribe in 2003.
Attagenus fasciatus, known generally as banded black carpet beetle, is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. Other common names include the tobacco seed beetle and wardrobe beetle. It is found in North America, Oceania, and Europe. Attagenus fasciatus is nearly a cosmopolitan species and widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Anthrenus ceylonicus, is a species of skin beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Orphinus (Orphinus) tabitha, is a species of skin beetle found in South India and Sri Lanka.
References
- ↑ Dermestidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 14 May 2012.
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