Attagenus

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Attagenus
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
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Attagenus punctatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Tribe: Attagenini
Genus: Attagenus
Latreille, 1802
Attagenus civetta Attagenus civetta (Mulsant & Rey, 1868) female (10308849233).png
Attagenus civetta
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Attagenus fasciatus larva
Attagenus trifasciatus Attagenus trifasciatus (Fabricius, 1787) (10362174403).png
Attagenus trifasciatus

Attagenus is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. [1] The genus has existed for at least 99 million years, with fossils known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber and Turonian aged New Jersey amber. [2]

Species include: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Kadej, M., & Háva, J. (2014). Attagenus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) in Turkey with a description of a new species. Entomologica Fennica, 25(1), 1-5.
  2. ↑ Cai, Chenyang; Háva, Jiří; Huang, Diying (April 2017). "The earliest Attagenus species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 72: 95–99. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.018. ISSN   0195-6671.
  3. ↑ Attagenus. Fauna Europaea.
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