Ślipiński A., Ren D., Zhou Y.L. (2025). Cretaceous Fossils of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) and Their Phylogenetic Placement. Annales Zoologici 75(1): 153-166.

Author(s)Ślipiński, Adam; Ren, Dong; Zhou, Yu-Lingzi
Title
Cretaceous Fossils of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) and Their Phylogenetic Placement
Journal TitleAnnales Zoologici
DOI10.3161/00034541anz2025.75.1.010
URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.1.010
Volume75
Issue1
Page(s)153-166
DateMarch 30, 2025
Keywords
Abstract
Available Cretaceous inclusions of Dermestidae and the Jurassic impression fossil of Paradermestes jurassicus Deng, Ślipiński, Ren and Pang, 2017 were investigated, and their morphological characters were scored in the matrix along with all critical recent taxa. Phylogenetic parsimony analysis was used to evaluate the relationship of the fossils, leading to taxonomic changes. Cretodermestini Deng, Ślipiński, Ren and Pang, 2017, is raised to Cterodermestinae stat. nov. Nothattagenus Li and Cai, 2022 gen. rev. is removed from the synonymy of Ranolus Blair, 1929, and Attagenus secundus Deng, Ślipiński, Ren and Pang, 2017 is transferred to Nothattagenus as N. secundus (Deng, Ślipiński, Ren and Pang, 2017) comb. nov. The first Cretaceous species of Dermestes Linnaeus, D. lawrencei sp. nov., is described from Cretaceous Kachin amber. Aethriostoma turonianensis Perris and Háva, 2016, is removed from Attageninae to Megatominae and provisionally classified as Megatoma turonianensis (Perris and Háva, 2016) comb. nov.
ISSN0003-4541
Document TypeJournal Article
PublisherMuseum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Associated Taxa (10)

Taxon NameCited As (Verbatim)RelationshipStatusPage / Notes
Dermestes lawrencei
Original Description
accepted
p. 159
Cretodermestinae (subfamily)
Status Change
accepted
p. 158 Raised from tribe to subfamily
Attagenus coziki
Classification
provisionally accepted
p. 165 Taxa of uncertain position within Dermestidae; "...cannot be considered further because the images are mostly illegible, and the descriptions contain only general characters shared by most of Dermestidae..."
Attagenus lundi
Classification
provisionally accepted
p. 165 Taxa of uncertain position within Dermestidae; "...cannot be considered further because the images are mostly illegible, and the descriptions contain only general characters shared by most of Dermestidae..."
Cretoattagenus (genus)
Classification
provisionally accepted
p. 165 Taxa of uncertain position within Dermestidae; "...cannot be considered further because the images are mostly illegible, and the descriptions contain only general characters shared by most of Dermestidae..."
Cretoattagenus coziki
Classification
provisionally accepted
p. 165 Taxa of uncertain position within Dermestidae; "...cannot be considered further because the images are mostly illegible, and the descriptions contain only general characters shared by most of Dermestidae..."
Megatoma turonianensis Megatoma turonianensis [Megatoma incertae sedis]
Combination
provisionally accepted
p. 165 "This species cannot be placed in Aethriostoma (see Liu et al. 2022) or other genera of subfamily Attageninae... [details listed]". "The placement in Megatoma, a very variable genus with many subgenera, is uncertain, as this group of Megatomini has not been revised."
Tuberphradonoma (genus)
Classification
provisionally accepted
p. 165 Taxa of uncertain position within Dermestidae; "...cannot be considered further because the images are mostly illegible, and the descriptions contain only general characters shared by most of Dermestidae..."
Tuberphradonoma burmitica
Classification
provisionally accepted
p. 165 Taxa of uncertain position within Dermestidae; "...cannot be considered further because the images are mostly illegible, and the descriptions contain only general characters shared by most of Dermestidae..."
Tuberphradonoma secunda
Classification
provisionally accepted
p. 165 Taxa of uncertain position within Dermestidae; "...cannot be considered further because the images are mostly illegible, and the descriptions contain only general characters shared by most of Dermestidae..."; "probably not congeneric with type species [Tuberphradonoma burmitica Háva, 2021]"