''Attagenus turcomanus'' is a species 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 ...

that belongs to the family of skin beetles (

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 ...

). It was described in 1963 by

Rustem Devletovich Zhantiev Emeritus Professor Rustem Devletovich Zhantiev Doktor nauk, Dn (russian: Рустем Девлетович Жантиев; born 11 October 1937, Yalta) is a Russian scientist, specialising in the fields of the systematics, ecology and physiology of ...

. It is known from

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

References

Dermestidae Beetles of Asia Endemic fauna of Turkmenistan Beetles described in 1963 {{Dermestidae-stub