''Ctesias'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in the family
Dermestidae
Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles or carpet beetles. Other common names include larder beetles, hide or leather beetles, and khapra beetles. There are over 1,800 species described.
Dermestids ha ...
, the skin beetles. They are distributed in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
, including
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
. There are about 23 species.
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Taxonomy
According to World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023), following taxonomic division is proposed with 4 subgenera in genus Ctesias:[
*Dermestidae
**]Megatominae
Megatominae is a subfamily of the beetle family Dermestidae. This subfamily contains several of the most well-known household and stored-product pest beetles, in the genera '' Anthrenus'' and '' Trogoderma''.
Taxonomy
According to World Dermes ...
*** Anthrenini
***Megatomini
The Megatomini are a Tribe (biology), tribe of insects in the family Dermestidae.
The tribe was first classified by William Elford Leach in ''Edinburgh Encyclopædia, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia'' in 1815.
Taxonomy
According to research in Zh ...
***Ctesiini
****''Ctesias''
*****''Ctesias s. str.''
*****''Decemctesias''
*****''Novemctesias''
*****''Tiresiomorpha''
**Dermestinae
Dermestinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Dermestidae. It contains the following genera:
* '' Derbyana'' Lawrence & Slipinski, 2005
* '' Dermestes'' Linnaeus, 1758
* '' Mariouta'' Pic, 1898
* '' Rhopalosilpha'' Arrow, 1929
*†'' Parad ...
**Thorictinae
Thorictinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Dermestidae
Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles or carpet beetles. Other common names include larder beetles, hide or leather beetles, and kha ...
**Orphilinae
Orphilinae is a subfamily of beetles that includes three genera: '' Orphilodes'', ''Orphilus'' and '' Ranolus''. It was described by John Lawrence LeConte
John Lawrence LeConte MD (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomolog ...
**Trinodinae
Trinodinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Dermestidae
Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles or carpet beetles. Other common names include larder beetles, hide or leather beetles, and khap ...
**Attageninae
Attageninae was a subfamily of beetles in the family Dermestidae
Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles or carpet beetles. Other common names include larder beetles, hide or leather beetles, and k ...
** Trogoparvinae
Species
These species in genus ''Ctesias'' are currently known:[
Subgenus ''Ctesias'':
* '' Ctesias dusmae'' Beal, 1960
* '' Ctesias hebei'' Háva, 2004
* '' Ctesias orientalis'' Zhantiev, 1988
* '' Ctesias serra'' (Fabricius, 1792) – cobweb beetle
Subgenus ''Decemctesias'':
* '' Ctesias amoenus'' Háva, 2012
* '' Ctesias eggeri'' Herrmann & Háva, 2010
* '' Ctesias intermedia'' Mroczkowski, 1961
* '' Ctesias iranica'' Háva, 2005
* '' Ctesias kaliki'' Mroczkowski, 1961
* '' Ctesias maculifasciata'' Reitter, 1899
* '' Ctesias morocco'' Háva, 2000
* '' Ctesias mroczkowskii'' Háva & Kadej, 2014
* '' Ctesias olexai'' Háva, 2008
* '' Ctesias similis'' Háva, 2005
* '' Ctesias syriaca'' Ganglbauer, 1904
* '' Ctesias sogdiana'' Zhantiev, 1975
* '' Ctesias tschuiliensis'' Sokolov, 1972
* '' Ctesias yuliyae'' Háva in Nakládal & Háva, 2015
Subgenus ''Novemctesias'':
* '' Ctesias fasciata'' Zhantiev, 1975
* '' Ctesias nuratavica'' Sokolov, 1983
Subgenus ''Tiresiomorpha'':
* '' Ctesias dakariensis'' Herrmann & Háva, 2009
* '' Ctesias gambiensis'' Háva, 2022
* '' Ctesias gemma'' Zhantiev, 1976
* '' Ctesias hajeki'' Háva, 2005
* '' Ctesias klapperichi'' (Pic, 1954)
* '' Ctesias schawalleri'' Háva, 2002
* '' Ctesias taiensis'' Háva & Matsumoto, 2021
* '' Ctesias variegata'' Arrow, 1915
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References
External links
''Ctesias'' at Fauna Europaea
Dermestidae genera
Palearctic insects
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