Ctesias

genus
Stephens, 1830 [p. 124]
Synonyms (1)
Tiresias Stephens, 1835
synonym
Citations & References (6)
Type / Badges
Page
STEPHENS J. F. 1830: Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions: with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata. III. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 374 + 5 pp. + pls. XVI-XIX.
Original Description
p. 124
Dejean P.F.M.A. (1821). Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris: Crevot.
as Megatoma
p. 46
STEPHENS J. F. 1835: [Appendix, pp. 369-448]. Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions: with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata. V. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 448 pp., pls. 24-27.
= Tiresias
Synonym Description
p. 410
Reitter E. (1881). Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. III Heft. I. Auflage. Enthaltend die Familien: Scaphidiidae, Lathridiidae und Dermestidae. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 30: 41-94.
= Tiresias
Identification Key
p. 86
Reitter E., Lutz K.G. (1911). Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Fauna Germanica 3: 436 + 128 plates.
as Ctenias
p. 151
Háva J. (2004). New and interesting Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from China. Entomologische Zeitschrift 114: 225-232.
as Ctesias
p. 230

Type species

  • Dermestes serra Fabricius, 1792:234

Species Overview

Species 28

Taxon details

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