''Attagenus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s. This genus is found in
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
, the
Palearctic including
Europe
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, the
Near East, the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
,
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
and
East Asia
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. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million years, with fossils known from the
Cenomanian aged
Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
and
Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded b ...
aged
New Jersey amber
New Jersey Amber, sometimes called Raritan amber, is amber found in the Raritan and Magothy Formations of the Central Atlantic (Eastern) coast of the United States. It is dated to the Late Cretaceous, Turonian age, based on pollen analysis of t ...
.
Species include:
''Attagenus''.
Fauna Europaea.
* '' Attagenus abbreviatus'' Heer, 1856
* '' Attagenus aboriginalis'' Wickham, 1913
* '' Attagenus addendus'' J. Sahlberg, 1903
* ''Attagenus adspersus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Blanchard, 1843
* ''Attagenus aeneus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Roth, 1851
* ''Attagenus afghanus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Háva, 2000
* ''Attagenus africanus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Mroczkowski, 1958
* ''Attagenus albofasciatus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Dahl, 1823
* ''Attagenus albonotatus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Pic, 1927
* ''Attagenus ambericus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Háva & Prokop, 2004
* ''Attagenus antennatus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Laporte, 1840
* ''Attagenus anthrenoides
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Wollaston, 1864
* ''Attagenus apicalis
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Pic, 1942
* '' Attagenus apicebrunneus'' Kalík, 1955
* '' Attagenus arboreus'' Zhantiev, 2007
* '' Attagenus arcuatefasciatus'' Pic, 1951
* '' Attagenus aristidis'' Pic, 1894
* '' Attagenus asmaranus'' Pic, 1942
* '' Attagenus assuanensis'' Pic, 1899
* '' Attagenus astacurus'' Peyerimhoff, 1931
* '' Attagenus atricolor'' Pic, 1931
* '' Attagenus atripennis'' Pic, 1938
* '' Attagenus attenuatus'' Pic, 1894
* '' Attagenus augustatus'' Ballion, 1871
* '' Attagenus aurantiacus'' Reitter, 1900
* '' Attagenus aurofasciatus'' Háva, 2005
* '' Attagenus australis'' Montrouzier, 1860
* ''Attagenus barbieri
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Pic, 1946
* '' Attagenus basalis'' Pic, 1928
* '' Attagenus basimaculatus'' Pic, 1952
* '' Attagenus beali'' Zhantiev, 2005
* ''Attagenus bezdeki
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Háva & Kadej, 2007
* '' Attagenus bicolor'' Dejean, 1821
* '' Attagenus bicolor'' Harold, 1868
* '' Attagenus bifasciatus'' Olivier, 1790
* '' Attagenus birmanicus'' Arrow, 1915
* ''Attagenus biskrensis
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Pic, 1904
* '' Attagenus brittoni'' Kalík, 1954
* '' Attagenus brunneonotatus'' Pic, 1894
* '' Attagenus brunneopunctatus'' Pic, 1893
* '' Attagenus brunnescens'' Pic, 1904
* ''Attagenus brunneus
''Attagenus brunneus'' is a 2.9–5mm long species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae
Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles. Other common names include larder beetle, hide or leather beetl ...
'' Faldermann, 1835
* '' Attagenus calabricus'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus capensis'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Attagenus capensis'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus caracal'' Zhantiev, 1963
* '' Attagenus cayennensis'' Dejean, 1821
* '' Attagenus chakouri'' Pic, 1907
* '' Attagenus cinereus'' Thunberg, 1815
* '' Attagenus civetta'' Mulsant & Rey, 1868
* '' Attagenus conradsi'' Pic, 1951
* ''Attagenus coquereli
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Mulsant & Rey, 1868
* '' Attagenus cuneatus'' Zhantiev, 2007
* ''Attagenus curvicornis
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' J. Sahlberg, 1913
* ''Attagenus cyphonoides
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus decoloratus'' Mulsant & Rey, 1868
* '' Attagenus dichrous'' Roth, 1851
* '' Attagenus dispar'' (Redtenbacher, 1843)
* ''Attagenus diversepubescens
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Pic, 1936
* '' Attagenus diversesignatus'' Pic, 1942
* '' Attagenus diversus'' Reitter, 1881
* ''Attagenus donckieri
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Pic, 1916
* '' Attagenus doricus'' Zhantiev, 2007
* '' Attagenus duplex'' Reitter in Heyden, 1890
* ''Attagenus endroedyi
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Háva, 2003
* '' Attagenus ensicornis'' Wollaston, 1867
* '' Attagenus eremivagus'' Peyerimhoff, 1943
* '' Attagenus erevanicus'' Zhantiev, 1963
* '' Attagenus extinctus'' C. Heyden & L. Heyden, 1865
* '' Attagenus fairmairei'' Mroczkowski, 1958
* '' Attagenus fallax'' Gené, 1839
* '' Attagenus fasciatopunctatus'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus fasciatus'' Thunberg, 1795 – wardrobe beetle
* '' Attagenus fasciolatus'' Solsky, 1876
* '' Attagenus flavicornis'' Dejean, 1821
* '' Attagenus flexicollis'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus fortis'' Zhantiev, 2007
* '' Attagenus fossor'' Zhantiev, 2005
* '' Attagenus fulvicollis'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus fulvipes'' Dahl, 1823
* '' Attagenus gilanicus'' Zhantiev, 2007
* '' Attagenus globosus'' Háva, 2003
* '' Attagenus gobicola'' Frivaldszky, 1892
* '' Attagenus granarius'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Attagenus grandjeani'' Pic, 1942
* '' Attagenus grisescens'' Pic, 1937
* '' Attagenus haladai'' Háva, 2006
* '' Attagenus hargreavesi'' Pic, 1935
* '' Attagenus havai'' Kadej, 2006
* '' Attagenus heinigi'' Herrmann & Háva, 2007
* '' Attagenus heydeni'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus hirtulus'' Rosenhauer, 1856
* '' Attagenus hirtus'' Sturm, 1826
* '' Attagenus hoffeinsorum'' Háva, Prokop & Herrmann, 2006
* '' Attagenus holmi'' Kalík & Háva, 2005
* '' Attagenus hottentotus'' Guérin -Méneville, 1844
* '' Attagenus inapicalis'' Pic, 1951
* '' Attagenus incertus'' Mulsant & Rey, 1868
* '' Attagenus incognitus'' Háva, 2003
* '' Attagenus indicus'' Kalík, 1954
* '' Attagenus insidiosus'' Halstead, 1981
* '' Attagenus insignatus'' Pic, 1942
* '' Attagenus ionicus'' Zhantiev, 2005
* ''Attagenus irroratus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Blackburn, 1903
* '' Attagenus jacobsoni'' Zhantiev, 1963
* '' Attagenus jelineki'' Háva, 2004
* '' Attagenus jucundus'' Péringuey, 1885
* ''Attagenus karnali
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Háva, 2001
* ''Attagenus kephallenicus
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Háva & Kalík, 2006
* '' Attagenus korotyaevi'' Zhantiev, 2005
* '' Attagenus kratochvili'' Kalík, 1955
* '' Attagenus lategriseus'' Kalík, 1955
* '' Attagenus latepubescens'' Pic, 1952
* '' Attagenus leopardinus'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus lepidus'' Háva & Kovarík, 2004
* ''Attagenus leprieuri
''Attagenus'' is a genus of beetles. This genus is found in tropical Africa, the Palearctic including Europe, the Near East, the Nearctic, North Africa and East Asia. There are nearly 200 species. The genus has existed for at least 99 million ...
'' Reitter, 1887
* '' Attagenus lineatus'' Pic, 1894
* '' Attagenus lobatus'' Rosenhauer, 1856
* '' Attagenus longipennis'' Pic, 1904
* '' Attagenus luctuosus'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Attagenus luteithorax'' Pic, 1931
* '' Attagenus luteofasciatus'' Pic, 1937
* '' Attagenus lynx'' Mulsant & Rey, 1868
* '' Attagenus maculatus'' Kalík, 2006
* '' Attagenus madecassus'' Pic, 1916
* '' Attagenus madoni'' Pic, 1942
* '' Attagenus maritimus'' Gené, 1839
* '' Attagenus melanocerus'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Attagenus mongolicus'' Zhantiev, 1973
* '' Attagenus multifasciatus'' Wollaston, 1863
* '' Attagenus nepalensis'' Háva, 2001
* '' Attagenus nigripennis'' Arrow, 1915
* '' Attagenus nigroapicalis'' Pic, 1931
* '' Attagenus nigroluteus'' Kalík, 1955
* '' Attagenus niseteoi'' Dejean, 1821
* '' Attagenus obtusus'' Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1808
* '' Attagenus orientalis'' Reitter in Schneider & Leder, 1878
* '' Attagenus pallidus'' Zhantiev, 2005
* '' Attagenus pantherinus'' Ahrens, 1814
* '' Attagenus pardus'' Arrow, 1915
* ''Attagenus pellio
''Attagenus pellio'', the fur beetle or carpet beetle, is a pest which damages stored products such as furs, skins, textiles and grain.
''Attagenus pelio'' is a 4–6 mm-long oval shaped insect with two patches of white hair on the elyt ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758
* '' Attagenus persicus'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus pictus'' Ballion, 1871
* '' Attagenus placitus'' Normand, 1949
* '' Attagenus postfasciatus'' Pic, 1951
* '' Attagenus posticalis'' Fairmaire, 1879
* '' Attagenus prescutellaris'' Pic, 1927
* '' Attagenus pseudomolitor'' Zhantiev, 1963
* '' Attagenus pubescens'' Pic, 1894
* ''Attagenus punctatus
''Attagenus punctatus'' is a species of beetles found in Europe and the Near East. In Europe, it is known from Austria, mainland France, Germany, Hungary, mainland Italy, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Se ...
'' Scopoli, 1772
* '' Attagenus pustulatus'' Thunberg, 1815
* '' Attagenus quadricolor'' Sumakov, 1907
* '' Attagenus quadrimaculatus'' Kraatz, 1858
* '' Attagenus quadrinotatus'' Pic, 1938
* '' Attagenus quadritinctus'' Reitter, 1889
* '' Attagenus reitteri'' Mroczkowski, 1968
* '' Attagenus rhodesianus'' Pic, 1927
* '' Attagenus robustior'' Pic, 1951
* '' Attagenus robustus'' Pic, 1899
* '' Attagenus roeri'' Kalík
* '' Attagenus rossii'' Ganglbauer, 1904
* '' Attagenus ruficollis'' Christofori & Jan, 1832
* '' Attagenus ruficolor'' Pic, 1918
* '' Attagenus rufimembris'' Pic, 1927
* '' Attagenus rufipennis'' LeConte, 1859
* '' Attagenus rufipes'' Sturm, 1843
* '' Attagenus rufiventris'' Pic, 1927
* '' Attagenus rufomaculatus'' Pic, 1907
* '' Attagenus scalaris'' (Pic, 1894)
* '' Attagenus schaefferi'' Herbst, 1792
* '' Attagenus seminiger'' Fairmaire, 1863
* '' Attagenus seniculus'' Solsky, 1876
* '' Attagenus sericeus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1844
* '' Attagenus sexnotatus'' Pic, 1927
* '' Attagenus sieversi'' Reitter, 1896
* '' Attagenus signatus'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Attagenus silvaticus'' Zhantiev, 1976
* '' Attagenus similaris'' Mulsant & Rey, 1868
* '' Attagenus simonis'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus simplex'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus sinensis'' Pic, 1927
* ''Attagenus smirnovi
''Attagenus smirnovi'', the brown carpet beetle, is a species of beetle from the family Dermestidae. It is a synanthropic pest which lives in human buildings, homes and museums and eats wool-textiles, carpets, skin and fur. Due to its specific e ...
'' Zhantiev, 1973
* '' Attagenus somalicus'' Háva, 2003
* '' Attagenus sopitus'' Scudder, 1900
* '' Attagenus sparsutus'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Attagenus stachi'' Mroczkowski, 1958
* '' Attagenus steinbergi'' Zhantiev, 1963
* '' Attagenus suspiciosus'' Solsky, 1876
* '' Attagenus syriacus'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Attagenus taeniatus'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Attagenus tessellatus'' Reitter, 1887
* '' Attagenus thunbergi'' Mroczkowski, 1968
* '' Attagenus tigrinus'' Fabricius, 1792
* '' Attagenus tomentosus'' Sturm, 1843
* '' Attagenus trifasciatus'' Fabricius, 1787
* '' Attagenus turcomanus'' Zhantiev, 1963
* '' Attagenus undulatus'' Motschulsky, 1858
* '' Attagenus unicolor'' (Brahm, 1790) – black carpet beetle
* '' Attagenus unifasciatus'' Sturm, 1843
* '' Attagenus uniformis'' Fairmaire in Fairmaire & Coquerel, 1860
* '' Attagenus vagepictus'' Fairmaire, 1889
* '' Attagenus vestitus'' Klug, 1855
* '' Attagenus vestitus'' Sturm, 1843
* '' Attagenus wollastoni'' Mroczkowski, 1964
* '' Attagenus woodroffei'' Halstead & Green, 1979
* '' Attagenus xanthocerus'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Attagenus zavattarii'' Pic, 1952
References
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Dermestidae genera