Ranolus

Ranolus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae from Malaysia and Thailand.[1] It was originally described as a subgenus of Attagenus, containing only the species Ranolus cavernicola. It was later found to be a separate genus, and was placed in its own tribe, Ranolini, along with Orphilodes. A second species, Ranolus tenebricola, was described by Jiří Háva in 2014.[2]

Ranolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Infraorder:
Bostrichiformia
Family:
Dermestidae
Subfamily:
Orphilinae
Tribe:
Ranolini
Genus:
Ranolus

Blair, 1929
Type species
Attagenus (Ranolus) cavernicola
Blair, 1929

Species

Two species are included in the genus:[2]

  • Ranolus cavernicola (Blair, 1929) – Malaysia
  • Ranolus tenebricola Háva, 2014 – Thailand

References
  1. Dermestidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 14 May 2012.
  2. Háva, Jiří (2014). "A new species of the genus Ranolus (Blair, 1929) from Thailand (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Orphilinae: Ranolini)". Studies and reports (taxonomical series). 10 (2): 403–408.


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