Megatomini
The Megatomini are a tribe of insects in the family Dermestidae. The tribe was first classified by William Elford Leach in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia in 1815.[1] TaxonomyAccording to research in Zhou et al. (2022), only 3 major clades are recognized with support by both molecular and morphological data.[2] Megatomini classification by Zhou et al. (2022), with some genera excluded due to uncertain status (lack of research) and others revised given new research and further synonimization:
World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023) also separates subtribes Anthrenocerina and Cryptorhopalina.[3] However genera of Anthrenocerina (Anthrenocerus and Myrmeanthrenus) are genetically closely related to species of Trogoderma and synonymous to neighboring, newly defined genus Eurhopalus.[2] Megatomini classification by Háva, 2023:
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