Ctesias

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Bostrichiformia
Superfamilia: Bostrichoidea

Familia: Dermestidae
Subfamilia: Megatominae
Tribus: Megatomini
Genus: Ctesias
Species: C. eggeri – C. fasciata – C. gemma – C. hebei – C. intermedia – C. kaliki – C. klapperichi – C. maculifasciata – C. morocco – C. nuratavica – C. orientalis – C. schawalleri – C. serra – C. sogdiana – C. syriaca – C. tschuiliensis
Name

Ctesias Stephens, 1830
References

Háva, J. & Kadej, M. 2014. Contribution to knowledge of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Afghanistan with description of three new species. Florida entomologist 97(4): 1414–1423. Online. Reference page.
Nakládal, O.; Háva, J. 2015: A contribution to knowledge of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Kazakhstan with description of one new species. Zootaxa 3905 (2): 283–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.2.9 Reference page.

Ctesias is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. They are distributed in the Palearctic, including Europe. There are about 23 species.[1]

Species include:

Ctesias dusmae Beal, 1960
Ctesias fasciata Zhantiev, 1975
Ctesias gemma Zhantiev, 1976
Ctesias hajeki Háva, 2005
Ctesias hebei Háva, 2004
Ctesias intermedia Mroczkowski, 1961
Ctesias iranica Háva, 2005
Ctesias kaliki Mroczkowski, 1961
Ctesias klapperichi (Pic, 1954)
Ctesias maculifasciata Reitter, 1899
Ctesias morocco Háva, 2000
Ctesias nuratavica Sokolov, 1983
Ctesias orientalis Zhantiev, 1988
Ctesias schawalleri Háva, 2002
Ctesias serra (Fabricius, 1792) – cobweb beetle
Ctesias similis Háva, 2005
Ctesias sogdiana Zhantiev, 1975
Ctesias syriaca Ganglbauer, 1904
Ctesias tschuiliensis Sokolov, 1972
Ctesias variegata Arrow, 1915

References

Hermann, A. & Háva, J. (2010). A new species of the genus Ctesias (Decemctesias) from Greece (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatomini). Studies and Reports. Taxonomical Series, 6, 87-90.