Ranolus
Genus of beetles
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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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Subfamily: | Orphilinae |
| Tribe: | Ranolini Háva, 2014 |
| Genus: | Ranolus (Blair, 1929) |
| Type species | |
| Ranolus cavernicola (Blair, 1929) | |
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Species
Ranolus contains the following seven species:[1]
- Ranolus australis (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia
- Ranolus caledonicus Háva, 2017 — New Caledonia
- Ranolus cavernicola (Blair, 1929) — Malaysia
- Ranolus malleecola (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia
- Ranolus minor (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia
- Ranolus papuanus (Háva, 2015) — Papua New Guinea
- Ranolus tenebricola Háva, 2014 — Thailand
