Megatomini | |
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Megatoma undata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Dermestidae |
Subfamily: | Megatominae |
Tribe: | Megatomini Leach, 1815 |
The Megatomini are a tribe of insects in the family Dermestidae.
The tribe was first classified by William Elford Leach in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia in 1815. [1]
According to research in Zhou et al. (2022), only 3 major clades are recognized with support by both molecular and morphological data. [2]
Megatomini classification by Zhou et al. (2022), with some genera excluded due to uncertain status (lack of research) and others revised given new research and further synonimization:
World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023) also separates subtribes Anthrenocerina and Cryptorhopalina. [3] However genera of Anthrenocerina (Anthrenocerus and Myrmeanthrenus) are genetically closely related to species of Trogoderma and synonymous to neighboring, newly defined genus Eurhopalus. [2]
Megatomini classification by Háva, 2023: