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.
Taxonomy According to World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023), following taxonomic division is proposed with 4 subgenera in genus Ctesias:
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:
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
References
External links
Ctesias at Fauna Europaea