Attagenus

Attagenus
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
Attagenus pellio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Subfamily: Attageninae
Tribe: Attagenini
Genus: Attagenus
Latreille, 1802
Attagenus civetta
Attagenus fasciatus larva
Attagenus trifasciatus

Attagenus is a genus of beetles. Species of the genus are found in tropical Africa, Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. 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.

Species include:

References

  1. ↑ Kadej, Marcin & Háva, Jiří (2014). "Attagenus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) in Turkey with a description of a new species". Entomologica Fennica. 25 (1): 1–5. doi:10.33338/ef.84617. ResearchGate
  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.
  3. ↑ Attagenus. Fauna Europaea.