Ctesias (beetle)

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]

Ctesias
Ctesias serra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Dermestidae
Subfamily:	Megatominae
Tribe:	Megatomini
Genus:	Ctesias Stephens, 1830

Taxonomy

According to World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023), following taxonomic division is proposed with 4 subgenera in genus Ctesias:^[2]

• Dermestidae
  • Megatominae
    • Anthrenini
    • Megatomini
    • Ctesiini
      • Ctesias
        • Ctesias s. str.
        • Decemctesias
        • Novemctesias
        • Tiresiomorpha
  • Dermestinae
  • Thorictinae
  • Orphilinae
  • Trinodinae
  • Attageninae
  • Trogoparvinae

Species

These species in genus Ctesias are currently known:^[3][4]

Subgenus Ctesias:

• Ctesias dusmae Beal, 1960
• Ctesias hebei Háva, 2004
• Ctesias orientalis Zhantiev, 1988
• Ctesias serra (Fabricius, 1792) – cobweb beetle

Subgenus Decemctesias:

• Ctesias amoenus Háva, 2012
• Ctesias eggeri Herrmann & Háva, 2010
• Ctesias intermedia Mroczkowski, 1961
• Ctesias iranica Háva, 2005
• Ctesias kaliki Mroczkowski, 1961
• Ctesias maculifasciata Reitter, 1899
• Ctesias morocco Háva, 2000
• Ctesias mroczkowskii Háva & Kadej, 2014
• Ctesias olexai Háva, 2008
• Ctesias similis Háva, 2005
• Ctesias syriaca Ganglbauer, 1904
• Ctesias sogdiana Zhantiev, 1975
• Ctesias tschuiliensis Sokolov, 1972
• Ctesias yuliyae Háva in Nakládal & Háva, 2015

Subgenus Novemctesias:

• Ctesias fasciata Zhantiev, 1975
• Ctesias nuratavica Sokolov, 1983

Subgenus Tiresiomorpha:

• Ctesias dakariensis Herrmann & Háva, 2009
• Ctesias gambiensis Háva, 2022
• Ctesias gemma Zhantiev, 1976
• Ctesias hajeki Háva, 2005
• Ctesias klapperichi (Pic, 1954)
• Ctesias schawalleri Háva, 2002
• Ctesias taiensis Háva & Matsumoto, 2021
• Ctesias variegata Arrow, 1915