Ranolus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae from Southeast Asia and Oceania.[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] Orphilodes was later synonymized with Ranolus.[3]

Ranolus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Tribe: Ranolini
Háva, 2014
Genus: Ranolus
(Blair, 1929)
Type species
Ranolus cavernicola
(Blair, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Orphilodes Lawrence & Slipinski, 2005

Species

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Ranolus contains the following seven species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Háva, Jiří (2022). "Dermestidae world (Coleoptera)". Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  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.
  3. ^ Háva, Jiří; Lawrence, John (2017). "Contribution to the genus 'Ranolus' Blair (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Ranolini), with new synonymy and combinations". Australian Entomologist. 44 (2): 103–104.