Megatominae

Variegated carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci, copyright Olei.

Belongs within: Bostrichoidea.

The Megatominae are a group of dermestid beetles characterised by the presence of an ocellus together with a relatively long basal segment on the hind tarsus. A number of species are notorious storage pests.

<==Megatominae [Anthreninae] B14
    |--Anthrenocerus australis LB91
    |--Myrmeanthrenus frontalis LB91
    |--Thaumaglossa nigricans LB91
    |--Megatoma undata (Linnaeus 1758) G20, L58 [=Dermestes undatus G20]
    |--Trogoderma B74
    |    |--T. adelaidae R35
    |    |--T. granarium MHG04
    |    |--T. variabile MHG04
    |    `--T. versicolor B70
    `--Anthrenus B14
         |--A. caucasicus C01
         |--A. fuscus C01
         |--A. museorum (Linnaeus 1761) B14
         |--A. pulchellus Gestro 1889 G89
         |--A. scrophulariae B70
         |--A. subclaviger G89
         |--A. verbasci B14 [=Nathrenus verbasci OM91]
         `--A. vorax B70

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[B70] Britton, E. B. 1970. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 495–621. Melbourne University Press.

[B74] Britton, E. B. 1974. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers. Supplement 1974 pp. 62–89. Melbourne University Press.

[C01] Csiki, E. 1901. Bogarak [Coleopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 75–120. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[G89] Gestro, R. 1889. Viaggio ab Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso “Esploratore” dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880.—IV. Coleotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 5–72.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[LB91] Lawrence, J. F., & E. B. Britton. 1991. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 543–683. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[MHG04] Maynard, G. V., J. G. Hamilton & J. F. Grimshaw. 2004. Quarantine—phytosanitary, sanitary and incursion management: an Australian entomological perspective. Australian Journal of Entomology 43 (3): 318–328.

[OM91] Okamoto, M., & K. Matsumoto. 1991. Observations on the behavior of the hypopus of Lardoglyphus konoi. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 555–559. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[R35] Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees: Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species. Endeavour Press: Sydney.

Ptinus

Whitemarked spider beetle Ptinus fur, copyright Joseph Berger.

Belongs within: Ptinidae.

Ptinus, spider beetles, is a cosmopolitan genus of long-legged beetles with elytra bearing a vestiture of appressed scales or setae. A number of species are widespread as storage pests.

Ptinus
    |--P. adeps Olliff 1886 M86
    |--P. albomaculatus Macleay 1872 M86
    |--P. attritus Olliff 1886 M86
    |--P. bicinctus C01
    |--P. carinatus Lucas 1846 E12
    |--P. clavipes [incl. P. mobilis] B70
    |--P. egenus Olliff 1886 M86
    |--P. eminens Olliff 1886 M86
    |--P. exulans Erichs. 1842 M86
    |--P. fossulatus Lucas 1846 E12
    |--P. fur Linn. 1761 M86
    |--P. gibbicollis Lucas 1846 E12
    |--P. hirticollis Lucas 1846 E12
    |--P. imulus Olliff 1886 M86
    |--P. latro C01
    |--P. longus Olliff 1886 M86
    |--P. mauritanicus Lucas 1846 E12
    |--P. obesus Lucas 1846 E12
    |--P. pusillus LB91
    |--P. rotundicollis Lucas 1846 E12
    |--P. rufus Lucas 1846 E12
    `--P. tectus [incl. P. pilosus White 1846] M86

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B70] Britton, E. B. 1970. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 495–621. Melbourne University Press.

[C01] Csiki, E. 1901. Bogarak [Coleopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy], pp. 75–120. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l’Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.

[LB91] Lawrence, J. F., & E. B. Britton. 1991. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 543–683. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (2): 259–380.

Bostrichoidea

Orphilus subnitidus, from here.

Belongs within: Coleoptera.
Contains: Bostrichidae, Ptinidae, Dermestes, Megatominae.

The Bostrichoidea are a group of beetles predominantly adapted for dry habitats, united by modified cryptonephridism, aedeagal structure and the lack of a basal mandibular mola in the larva. Members include the Dermestidae whose larvae are scavengers on dry material of animal origin such as desiccated carcasses or shed hair or feathers (Lawrence & Britton 1991).

<==Bostrichoidea
    |  i. s.: Endecatomus [Endecatomidae] B14
    |           `--E. dorsalis Mellié 1848 B14
    |         Gnostidae RD77
    |--+--Bostrichidae MW15
    |  `--Ptinidae MW15
    `--Dermestidae MW15
         |  i. s.: Reesa vespulae LB91
         |         Neoanthrenus YHT05
         |         Hexanodes AY04
         |         Thorictinae [Thorictidae] LB91
         |           |--Thorictodes RD77
         |           `--Thorictus A61
         |                |--T. capensis A61
         |                |--T. castaneus Germ. 1834 G89
         |                |--T. germari Lucas 1846 E12
         |                |--T. mauritanicus Lucas 1846 E12
         |                `--T. puncticollis Lucas 1846 E12
         |         Trinodinae B14
         |           |--Trichelodes [Trichelodini] LB91
         |           |    `--T. delicatula LB91
         |           `--Thylodrini B14
         |                |--Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky 1839 B14
         |                `--Trichodrias B14
         |         Attagenus Latreille 1802 L02 [Attageninae LB91]
         |           |--A. macellarius [=Dermestes macellarius] L02
         |           |--A. pellio B70
         |           |--A. piceus C01
         |           |--A. posticalis Fairm. 1879 G89
         |           |--A. schaefferi C01
         |           |--A. trifasciatus [=Dermestes trifasciatus] L02
         |           |--A. unicolor OM91
         |           |    |--A. u. unicolor OM91
         |           |    `--A. u. japonicus OM91
         |           `--A. unifasciatus Fairm. 1860 G89
         |         Tiresias RD77
         |--Orphilinae B14
         |    |--Orphilus subnitidus LeConte 1861 MW15, B14
         |    `--Orphilodes B14
         `--+--Dermestes MW15
            `--Megatominae MW15

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A61] Andreae, H. 1961. Coleoptera: Cossyphodidae. In: Hanström, B., P. Brinck & G. Rudebeck (eds) South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950–1951 vol. 8 pp. 198–216. Almqvist & Wiksell: Uppsala.

[AY04] Austin, A. D., D. K. Yeates, G. Cassis, M. J. Fletcher, J. La Salle, J. F. Lawrence, P. B. McQuillan, L. A. Mound, D. J. Bickel, P. J. Gullan, D. F. Hales & G. S. Taylor. 2004. Insects ‘Down Under’—diversity, endemism and evolution of the Australian insect fauna: examples from select orders. Australian Journal of Entomology 43 (3): 216–234.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[B70] Britton, E. B. 1970. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 495–621. Melbourne University Press.

[C01] Csiki, E. 1901. Bogarak [Coleopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 75–120. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l’Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.

[G89] Gestro, R. 1889. Viaggio ab Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso “Esploratore” dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880.—IV. Coleotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 5–72.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[LB91] Lawrence, J. F., & E. B. Britton. 1991. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 543–683. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[MW15] McKenna, D. D., A. L. Wild, K. Kanda, C. L. Bellamy, R. G. Beutel, M. S. Caterino, C. W. Farnum, D. C. Hawks, M. A. Ivie, M. L. Jameson, R. A. B. Leschen, A. E. Marvaldi, J. V. McHugh, A. F. Newton, J. A. Robertson, M. K. Thayer, M. F. Whiting, J. F. Lawrence, A. Ślipiński, D. R. Maddison & B. D. Farrell. 2015. The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Systematic Entomology 40 (4): 835–880.

[OM91] Okamoto, M., & K. Matsumoto. 1991. Observations on the behavior of the hypopus of Lardoglyphus konoi. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 555-559. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms' General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[YHT05] Yates, C. J., S. D. Hopper & R. H. Taplin. 2005. Native insect flower visitor diversity and feral honeybees on jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) in Kings Park, an urban bushland remnant. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 88 (4): 147–153.

Last updated: 19 December 2020.