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Attagenus  Latreille, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114981

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderBostrichiformia Forbes, 1926  
                                        SuperfamilyBostrichoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyDermestidae Latreille, 1804 – dermestid beetles, skin beetles  
                                              SubfamilyAttageninae Laporte, 1840  
                                                 TribeAttagenini Laporte, 1840  
                                                    GenusAttagenus Latreille, 1802  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Attagenus bicolor Harold, 1868  
                                                       Species Attagenus brunneus Faldermann, 1835  
                                                       Species Attagenus cyphonoides Reitter, 1880  
                                                       Species Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795) – wardrobe beetle 
                                                       Species Attagenus lobatus Rosenhauer, 1856  
                                                       Species Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                                       Species Attagenus rufipennis LeConte, 1859  
                                                       Species Attagenus schaefferi (Herbst, 1792)  
                                                       Species Attagenus undulatus (Motschulsky, 1858)  
                                                       Species Attagenus unicolor (Brahm, 1791) – black carpet beetle, attagène des tapis 
       

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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, version 2.2, database (version 2.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2025). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, v2.2 (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Attagenus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Beal, R. S., Jr.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Coleopterists' Bulletin, vol. 57, no. 4   
  Page(s): 391-404   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0010-065X   
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  Reference for: Attagenus   
       

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