Ctesias (beetle)

Ctesias
Ctesias serra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Subfamily: Megatominae
Tribe: Megatomini
Genus: Ctesias
Stephens, 1830

Ctesias is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. They are distributed in the Palearctic, including Europe. There are about 23 species.

Taxonomy

According to World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023), following taxonomic division is proposed with 4 subgenera in genus Ctesias:

Species

These species in genus Ctesias are currently known:

Subgenus Ctesias:

Subgenus Decemctesias:

Subgenus Novemctesias:

Subgenus Tiresiomorpha:

References

  1. ↑ Hermann, A. & Háva, J. (2010). A new species of the genus Ctesias (Decemctesias) from Greece (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatomini). Studies and Reports. Taxonomical Series, 6, 87-90.
  2. ↑ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.