Ranthenus

Ranthenus is a subgenus of the genus Anthrenus of the subfamily Megatominae within the family of skin beetles.[2] Species of subgenus are present only in Asia and Turkey. Subgenus is distinguished by antennae with 4 segments.[3]

Ranthenus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Anthrenus
Subgenus: Ranthenus
Mroczkowski, 1962[1]
Species

See text.

Species

According to World Dermestidae catalogue, these species currently belong to subgenus Ranthenus:[4][5]

References

  1. Mroczkowski, Maciej (1962). "Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the Kazakh SSR = Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Kazachskiej SRR". Annales Zoologici. 20: 254–255.
  2. Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. "Anthrenus Bestimmungstabelle (Anthrenus identification table)". 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  5. Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.


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