''Ranolus'' is a genus of

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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 ...

from

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and

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. It was originally described as a subgenus of '' Attagenus'', containing only the species ''Ranolus cavernicola''. It was later found to be a separate genus, and was placed in its own tribe,

Ranolini ''Ranolus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae from Southeast Asia and Oceania Oceania ( , ) is a region, geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Outside of the English-speaking wor ...

, along with ''

Orphilodes ''Ranolus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae from Southeast Asia and Oceania. It was originally described as a subgenus of '' Attagenus'', containing only the species ''Ranolus cavernicola''. It was later found to be a separate gen ...

''. A second species, ''Ranolus tenebricola'', was described by Jiří Háva in 2014. ''

'' was later synonymized with ''Ranolus''.

Species

''Ranolus'' contains the following seven species: * '' Ranolus australis'' (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia * '' Ranolus caledonicus'' Háva, 2017 — New Caledonia * '' Ranolus cavernicola'' (Blair, 1929) — Malaysia * '' Ranolus malleecola'' (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia * '' Ranolus minor'' (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia * '' Ranolus papuanus'' (Háva, 2015) — Papua New Guinea * '' Ranolus tenebricola'' Háva, 2014 — Thailand

References

Dermestidae Dermestidae genera {{Dermestidae-stub