Biology:Attagenini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Attagenini
Attagenus fasciatus.jpg
Attagenus fasciatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Tribe: Attagenini
Novelsis uteana

Attagenini is a tribe of carpet beetles in the family Dermestidae. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Attagenini.[1][2] Attagenini was previously considered a subfamily of Dermestidae called Attageninae, but was reduced in rank to tribe in 2003.[3][1]

Genera

These four genera belong to the tribe Attagenini:

  • Attagenus Latreille, 1802 i c g b (black carpet beetles)
  • Egidyella Reitter, 1899 i c g
  • Novelsis Casey, 1900 i c g b
  • Paranovelsis b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Attagenini Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=728067. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Attagenini Tribe Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/475016. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  3. Beal, R.S. Jr. (2003). "Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera". The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (4). 
  4. "Catalogue of Life". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 
  5. "GBIF". https://www.gbif.org/. Retrieved 2018-04-21. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21222567 entry