Synonyms (2)
Attagenus bifasciatus (Thunberg, 1781)
synonym
Attagenus laetus Péringuey, 1881
synonym
Citations & References (10)
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Guérin-Méneville F.E. (1844). Iconographie de Regne Animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'aprés nature de l'une des sepéces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas a tous les traités de zoologie. III. Texte explicatif. Insectes. Paris: J. B. Baillière, 576 pp.
as Megatoma hottentotum
Original Description
p. 65
Thunberg C.P. (1781). Dissertatio Entomologica novas Insectorum species, sistens. Cujus Partem Primam. Upsaliae: J. F. Edman, 28 pp.
= Attagenus bifasciatus (as Dermestes bifasciatus)
Synonym Description
p. 6
Erichson W.F. (1847). Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der Insecten, Arachniden, Crustaceen und Entomostraceen während des Jahres 1846. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 13: 65-208.
as Attagenus hottentotus
p. 108
Péringuey L. (1881). XX.—FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOUTH-AFRICAN COLEOPTEROUS FAUNA. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 3(2): 74-149.
= Attagenus laetus
Synonym Description
p. 88
Arrow G.J. (1915). XXXVIII.— Notes on the Coleopterous family Dermestidæ, and descriptions of some new forms in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15(89): 425-451.
= Attagenus laetus
p. 427
Mroczkowski M. (1968). Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici 26(3): 15-191.
= Attagenus bifasciatus (as Dermestes bifasciatus) —
"Dermestes bifasciatus Thunberg, 1781: 6 — non Dermestidae, familia?"
Catalogue
p. 63
Háva J. (2003). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Brandýs nad Labem (Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ v Brandýse nad Labem a Staré Boleslavi, Supplementum), pp. 1-196.
= Attagenus bifasciatus (as Dermestes bifasciatus)
p. 28
Háva J., Kalík V. (2009). Systematic position of Dermestes bifasciatus Thunberg, 1781 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 9: 35-38.
as Attagenus hottentotus —
Dermestes bifasciatus Thunberg, 1781: 6 (nomen oblitum)
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p. 35
= Attagenus bifasciatus —
Attagenus bifasciatus (Thunberg, 1781) comb. n. from Dermestes bifasciatus Thunberg, 1781; declared nomen oblitum here in favor of Attagenus bifasciatus (Olivier, 1790)
CombinationSynonymyNomenclatural Act
p. 35
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 hottentotus
Identification Key
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Distribution

Africa

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Attagenus hottentotus)

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