Citations & References (7)
Type / BadgesPage
Fabricius J.C. (1792). Entomologia systematica emandata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus descriptionibus. Available from: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/125869.
Original Description
p. 234
Latreille P.A. (1804). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini. Paris: F. Dufart, pp. 1-416, pls. 74-80.
as Attagenus serra
Combination
p. 244
Decaux F. (1891). Récreation Entomologique. [Larve de Tiresias serra. Le Naturaliste 13(93): 26-27.
Immature / Larva
p. 26
Rees B.E. (1943). Classification of the Dermestidae (larder, hide and carpet beetles) based on larval characters, with a key to North American genera. United States Department of Agriculture, 18 pp.
Immature / Larva
p. 9
Korschefski R. (1944). Bestimmungstabelle der bekanntesten deutschen Dermestidenlarven. Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 11: 140-152.
Immature / Larva
p. 150
Peacock E.R. (1993). Adults and larvae of hide, larder, and carpet beetles and their relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid beetle (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Royal Entomological Society of London, pp. 1-144.
Immature / Larva
p. 60
Kadej M. (2018). Larva and pupa of Ctesias (s. str.) serra (Fabricius, 1792) with remarks on biology and economic importance, and larval comparison of co-occurring genera (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). ZooKeys 758: 115-135.
Immature / Larva
p. 119

Literature and Synonymy

  • Dermestes serra Fabricius, 1792:234 [ZMUC]
  • Anthrenus viennensis Herbst, 1797:336 [ZMUB]
  • Attagenus serra: Latreille, 1804:244
  • Megatoma serra: Latreille, 1806:35
  • Anthrenus Wiennensis [sic!]: Gyllenhal, 1808:154
  • Anthrenus Wiennensis [sic!]: Gyllenhal, 1813:689
  • Megatoma serra: Dahl, 1823:30
  • Tiresias serra: Stephens, 1833:34
  • Ctenias serra: Reitter, 1911:154
  • Tiresia [sic!] serra: Korschefsky 1944b:141
Biology
Larva: Kadej, 2018:119 ;Decaux, 1891:26 ;Peacock, 1993:60 ;Rees, 1943:9 ;Korschefski, 1944:150

Distribution

Africa

Asia

Europe Widespread

General Information

iNaturalist Gallery (Ctesias serra)

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