Megatominae

Megatominae

Megatoma undata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Bostrichiformia
Superfamily:	Bostrichoidea
Family:	Dermestidae
Subfamily:	Megatominae Leach, 1815
Synonyms
Anthreninae Gistel, 1856

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.

Genera

There are about 27 genera.^[1]

Genera include:^[2]

Adelaidia Blackburn, 1891
Amberoderma Háva & Prokop, 2004
Anthrenocerus Arrow, 1915
Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762
Caccoleptus Sharp, 1902
Claviella Kalík, 1987
Cryptorhopalum Guérin-Méneville, 1838
Ctesias Stephens, 1830
Globicornis Latreille in Cuvier, 1829
Hemirhopalum Sharp, 1902
Hirtomegatoma Pic, 1931
Labrocerus Sharp in Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
Megatoma Herbst, 1792
Miocryptorhopalum Pierce, 1960
Myrmeanthrenus Armstrong, 1945
Neoanthrenus Armstrong, 1941
Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858
Paratrogoderma Scott, 1926
Phradonoma Jacquelin du Val, 1859
Reesa Beal, 1967
Sodaliatoma Háva, 2013^[1]
Thaumaglossa Redtenbacher, 1867
Trogoderma Dejean, 1821
Trogoparvus Háva, 2001
Turcicornis Háva, 2000
Volvicornis Háva & Kalík, 2004
Zhantievus Beal, 1992

References

1 2 Háva, J. (2013). Description of Sodaliatoma konvickai gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from Peru. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 52 113–115.
↑ Dermestidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 14 May 2012.

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