Attagenus cyphonoides

species
Reitter, 1881 [p. 34]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Type deposited in HNHM
Synonyms (2)
synonym
synonym
Citations & References (15)
Type / Badges
Page
Reitter E. (1881). Die aussereuropäischen Dermestiden meiner Sammlung. Verhandlungen Naturforschenden Vereines Brünn 19: 27-60.
Original Description
p. 34
Pic M. (1910). Descriptions ou diagnoses et notes diverses. (Suite). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 26(303): 17-19.
= Attagenus alfierii
Synonym Description
p. 17
Pic M. (1915). Nouvelles especes de diverses familles. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques 15: 2-24.
= Telopes senegalensis
Synonym Description
p. 2
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.
as Trogoderma cyphonoides
p. 427
Zhantiev R.D. (1963). Kozheedy roda Attagenus Latr. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) fauny Sovetskogo Soyuza. [Dermestid beetles of the genus Attagenus Latr. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from the USSR.]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 42: 415-424.
= Attagenus alfierii
p. 416
Mroczkowski M. (1968). Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici 26(3): 15-191.
= Telopes senegalensis (as Attagenus senegalensis)
p. 91
Beal R.S. (1970). A taxonomic and biological study of species of Attagenini (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in the United States and Canada. Entomologica Americana 45: 141-235 (Publisher: [Lawrence, Kan., etc.], New York Entomological Society [etc.],).
Immature / Larva
p. 165
TREMATERRA P. 1987: Annotazioni biologiche e morfologiche su Attagenus alfierii Pic (Coleoptera Dermestidae) nuovo per la fauna italiana. Disinfestazione 4: 16-18.
= Attagenus alfierii
p. 17
Veer V., Prasad R., Rao K.M. (1991). Taxonomic and biological notes on Attagenus and Anthrenus spp (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) found damaging stored woollen fabrics in India. Journal of Stored Products Research 27(3): 185-198.
Immature / Larva
p. 187
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.
= Telopes senegalensis (as Attagenus senegalensis)
p. 69
Háva J. (2007). Dermestidae. In: Löbl I., Smetana A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Stenstrup: Apollo Books, pp. 57, 299-320.
= Telopes senegalensis (as Attagenus cyphonoides)
Synonymy
p. 57
YAN X., ZHOU H., SHEN Z., LI W., GUO D., SONG Y., LAN S. & ZHANG J. 2010: National investigations of stored grain arthropods in China. Pp. 212-218. In: CARVALHO M. O. et al. (eds.): Proceedings of the 10th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection. Portugal, Estoril.
= Attagenus alfierii (as Attagenus alfireii [sic!])
p. 214
Háva J. (2025). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, Únětice/Praha, 368 pp.
Preliminary new record
Distribution
p. 82-83
Háva J. (2026). Description of a new species, Attagenus striatus sp. nov., from Mongolia (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae). Munis Entomology & Zoology 21(2): 2076-2079.
as Attagenus cyphonoides —
Mentioned in relation to Attagenus striatus
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Holloway G.J., Herrmann A. (2026). A new species, Attagenus kenyaensis (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) from Kenya and a comparison with Attagenus smirnovi. Munis Entomology & Zoology 21(Supplement): 4934-4939.
as Attagenus cyphonoides
Identification Key
p. 4938
Biology
Larva: Veer et al., 1991:187 ;Beal, 1970:165

Distribution

Africa

Asia

Australia & Oceania Introduced

Europe Widespread

  • General distribution throughout region

North America

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Attagenus cyphonoides)

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