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Attagenus
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
Attagenus punctatus
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Attagenus

Latreille, 1802
Attagenus civetta
Attagenus fasciatus larva
Attagenus trifasciatus

Attagenus is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species.[1] The genus has existed for at least 99 million years, with fossils known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber and Turonian aged New Jersey amber.[2]

Species include:[3]

References

  1. ^ Kadej, M., & Háva, J. (2014). Attagenus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) in Turkey with a description of a new species. Entomologica Fennica, 25(1), 1-5.
  2. ^ Cai, Chenyang; Háva, Jiří; Huang, Diying (April 2017). "The earliest Attagenus species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 72: 95–99. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.018. ISSN 0195-6671.
  3. ^ Attagenus. Fauna Europaea.