Megatoma

subgenus
Herbst, 1791 [p. 92]
Synonyms (1)
Caucasotoma Mroczkowski, 1967
synonym
Citations & References (4)
Type / Badges
Page
Herbst J.F.W. (1792). Dermestidae. In: Jablonksy C.G. (ed.), Natursystem aller bekanten in- und ausländischen Insekten, als Eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Käfer vierter Theil. Heft 1. Berlin: J. Pauli, pp. 1-197.
Original Description
p. 92
Mroczkowski M. (1967). The Palearctic Species of Megatoma Herbst (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 37: 3-24.
= Caucasotoma (as Megatoma subgenus Caucasotoma)
Synonym Description
p. 5
Zahradník P., Háva J. (2014). Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia). Zootaxa 3754(4).
= Caucasotoma (as Megatoma) —
"Subgenus Caucasotoma Mroczkowski, 1967 is newly synonymized with Megatoma Herbst, 1791, based on study of the type material" [no further reasoning provided]
Synonymy
p. 307
Kadej M. (2017). Larva and pupa of Megatoma (s. str.) undata (Linnaeus, 1758) with remarks on biology and economic importance (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). ZooKeys 698: 59-74.
= Caucasotoma (as Megatoma (Caucasotoma)) —
[usage of old arrangement, not considering subgeneric revision of Háva in Zahradník & Háva, 2014]
p. 59

Type species

Dermestes undatus Linnaeus, 1758: 355
= Megatoma undata (Linnaeus, 1758) [p. 355]

Species Overview

Species 17

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Megatoma)

[ Preliminary identifications ]
Loading observations...