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Megatominae  Leach, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 678602

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s): Anthreninae Gistel, 1848
  
    Anthrenini Gistel, 1848
  
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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  
                                              SubfamilyMegatominae Leach, 1815  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 GenusAnthrenus O. F. Müller, 1764  
                                                 GenusCryptorhopalum Guérin-Méneville, 1838  
                                                 GenusCtesias Stephens, 1830  
                                                 GenusDearthrus LeConte, 1861  
                                                 GenusLabrocerus Sharp, 1885  
                                                 GenusMegatoma Herbst, 1792  
                                                 GenusOrphinus Motschulsky, 1858  
                                                 GenusReesa Beal, 1967  
                                                 GenusThaumaglossa Redtenbacher, 1867  
                                                 GenusTrogoderma Dejean, 1821  
       

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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: Megatominae   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 779-1006   
  Publisher: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN   
  Publication Place: Warszawa, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-85192-34-4   
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