New Synonym of Attagenus tigrinus (Fabricius, 1792) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae)

Authors

Graham J. Holloway, University of ReadingFollow
Andreas Herrmann, Stade, GermanyFollow

ORCID IDs

Holloway 0000-0003-0495-0313

Herrmann 0000-0001-5700-1125

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2024

Citation

Insecta Mundi (2024) 1092

December 20, 2024

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2A2AE7B0-AEC4-4626-A3CA-D13129EAB99E

Comments

Copyright 2024, the authors. Open access

License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Abstract

The Attagenus bifasciatus species complex (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) surrounds the Mediterranean and extends into Asia. Several species are recognised but all of them are very similar to each other, and brief, old descriptions do not help to distinguish among them. Here the holotype A. tigrinus (Fabricius) and a syntype series of A. bifasciatus rossii Ganglbauer (subsequently raised to A. rossii) all collected from Italy were dissected to facilitate genital examination. From this genitalic study, Attagenus rossii is placed as a new synonym of A. tigrinus.