Telopes

genus provisionally accepted
Citations & References (7)
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Original Description
p. 984
p. 101
Resurrection
p. 988
Status ChangeResurrection
p. 14, 20
Háva J. (2023). Descriptions of three new Attageninae species from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Folia Heyrovskyana 31(1): 1-7.
as Telopes —
Accepted at genus level in taxonomy section, following Zhou et al. (2022); also mentioned as part of subgenera, as historic note in Introduction
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p. 6
Holloway G., Joseph T.S., Kadej M. (2024). A review of the Attagenus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) species from South Africa and an image-based key to identification. African Entomology 32(e16250): 1-7.
as Attagenus —
Regional review of Attagenus; some species are poorly described, therefore not included properly in the comparison. Telopes is not explicitly mentioned, but Telopes thunbergi (Mroczkowski, 1968) was treated in original combination under Attagenus; Attagenus (Telopes) capetowni (Háva, 2022) unfortunately was not included
Identification KeyRevision
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Háva J. (2025). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, Únětice/Praha, 368 pp.
as Telopes —
Incorrect attribution of several Telopes s. lato species (dispar and lynx groups) as 'Attagenus [species-name]' in chresonymies of this catalogue when referring to "Reitter, 1881b" (as if Reitter provided a new combination from Telopes into Attagenus for several of them). Reitter explicitly placed these taxa under the generic heading Telopes Redtb. in his 1881 key, rather than Attagenus (which was listed separately with its own set of species on preceding pages)
Catalogue
p. 104-106

Type species

Telopes dispar Redtenbacher, 1843 [p. 984]

Species Overview

Species 25

Taxon details

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