Ctesias (beetle) explained

Ctesias is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. They are distributed in the Palearctic, including Europe. There are about 23 species.

Taxonomy

According to World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023), following taxonomic division is proposed with 4 subgenera in genus Ctesias:

• Dermestidae
  • Megatominae
    • Anthrenini
    • Megatomini
    • Ctesiini
      • Ctesias
        • Ctesias s. str.
        • Decemctesias
        • Novemctesias
        • Tiresiomorpha
  • Dermestinae
  • Thorictinae
  • Orphilinae
  • Trinodinae
  • Attageninae
  • 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

External links

• Ctesias at Fauna Europaea