Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Alternative spelling: Attagenites
Full reference: F. L. Laporte. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères; avec une Introduction Renfermant l’Anatomie et la Physiologie des Animaux Articulés, par M. Brullé. Tome Deuxième 1-563
Parent taxon: Dermestidae according to J. Háva 2025
See also Cai et al. 2016, Cai et al. 2022, Deng et al. 2017, Háva 2014, Háva 2015, Háva 2020, Háva 2023, Háva and Alekseev 2015, Háva and Bukejs 2018, Háva et al. 2008, Háva and Wappler 2014, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Peris and Háva 2016, Poinar and Háva 2015, Zahradník and Háva 2014 and Zhou et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Dermestinae, Megatominae, Orphilinae, Trinodinae, Tryoniopsis
Subtaxa: Attagenini Cretodermestini Eckfeldattagenini
Type: Attagenus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Germany (5), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 26 collections including 35 occurrences