''Ctesias'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Dermestidae
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 1,100 species described.
Dermestids have ...
, the skin beetles. They are distributed in the
Palearctic, including
Europe. There are about 23 species.
[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.
Species include:
* ''
Ctesias dusmae''
Beal, 1960
* ''
Ctesias fasciata''
Zhantiev, 1975
* ''
Ctesias gemma''
Zhantiev, 1976
* ''
Ctesias hajeki''
Háva, 2005
* ''
Ctesias hebei''
Háva, 2004
* ''
Ctesias intermedia''
Mroczkowski, 1961
* ''
Ctesias iranica''
Háva, 2005
* ''
Ctesias kaliki''
Mroczkowski, 1961
* ''
Ctesias klapperichi''
(Pic, 1954)
* ''
Ctesias maculifasciata''
Reitter, 1899
* ''
Ctesias morocco''
Háva, 2000
* ''
Ctesias nuratavica''
Sokolov, 1983
* ''
Ctesias orientalis''
Zhantiev, 1988
* ''
Ctesias schawalleri''
Háva, 2002
* ''
Ctesias serra''
(Fabricius, 1792) – cobweb beetle
* ''
Ctesias similis''
Háva, 2005
* ''
Ctesias sogdiana''
Zhantiev, 1975
* ''
Ctesias syriaca''
Ganglbauer, 1904
* ''
Ctesias tschuiliensis''
Sokolov, 1972
* ''
Ctesias variegata''
Arrow, 1915
References
External links
''Ctesias'' at Fauna Europaea
Dermestidae genera
Palearctic insects
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