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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Anthrenini » Megatoma

Genus Megatoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Small Beetle - Megatoma variegata - female Beetle - Megatoma variegata Dermestid 2 - Megatoma Megatoma sp? - Megatoma perversa - male - female Dermestid genus and species? - Megatoma variegata Carpet Beetle - Megatoma Xerasia grisescens? - Megatoma a carpet beetle sp? - Megatoma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)
Tribe Anthrenini
Genus Megatoma
Explanation of Names
Megatoma Herbst 1792
Numbers
10 spp. in our area, 14 total(1); not yet in guide:
M. belfragei (LeConte) TX
M. cylindrica (Kirby)
M. dolia Beal CA
M. giffardi (Blaisdell) AK‒CA, MT
M. leucochlidon Beal BC‒Baja
M. polia Beal CA
Range
holarctic; in NA, across Canada & w US(1)
Works Cited
1.Háva J. (2018) World catalogue of the Dermestidae
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 February, 2007 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 15 November, 2023 - 6:42pm

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