The Megatomini are a tribe of insects in the family Dermestidae.[1]

Megatomini
Megatoma undata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Subfamily: Megatominae
Tribe: Megatomini
Ganglbauer, 1904

The tribe was first classified by William Elford Leach in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia in 1815.[2]

Taxonomy

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According to World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023), following taxonomic division is proposed for Megatomini:[3]

Dermestidae 




References

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  1. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. ^ Leach, W. E. (1815). "Entomology". The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. pp. 57–172.
  3. ^ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.