{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Ctesias serra.jpg | image_caption = ''Ctesias serra'' | taxon = Ctesias | authority = Stephens, 1830 | display_parents = 2 }}
'''''Ctesias''''' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. They are distributed in the Palearctic, including Europe. There are about 23 species.<ref name=hermann-hava-2010/>
== Taxonomy == According to World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023), following taxonomic division is proposed with 4 subgenera in genus Ctesias:<ref name=wd-genera/>
{{Tree list}} *Dermestidae **Megatominae ***Anthrenini ***Megatomini ***Ctesiini ****'''''Ctesias''''' *****''Ctesias s. str.'' *****''Decemctesias'' *****''Novemctesias'' *****''Tiresiomorpha'' **Dermestinae **Thorictinae **Orphilinae **Trinodinae **Attageninae **Trogoparvinae {{Tree list/end}}
==Species== These species in genus ''Ctesias'' are currently known:<ref name=wd-species/><ref name=dermestidae-herrmann/>
Subgenus ''Ctesias'': * ''Ctesias dusmae'' <small>Beal, 1960</small> * ''Ctesias hebei'' <small>Háva, 2004</small> * ''Ctesias orientalis'' <small>Zhantiev, 1988</small> * ''Ctesias serra'' <small>(Fabricius, 1792)</small> – cobweb beetle Subgenus ''Decemctesias'': * ''Ctesias amoenus'' <small>Háva, 2012</small> * ''Ctesias eggeri'' <small>Herrmann & Háva, 2010</small> * ''Ctesias intermedia'' <small>Mroczkowski, 1961</small> * ''Ctesias iranica'' <small>Háva, 2005</small> * ''Ctesias kaliki'' <small>Mroczkowski, 1961</small> * ''Ctesias maculifasciata'' <small>Reitter, 1899</small> * ''Ctesias morocco'' <small>Háva, 2000</small> * ''Ctesias mroczkowskii'' <small>Háva & Kadej, 2014</small> * ''Ctesias olexai'' <small>Háva, 2008</small> * ''Ctesias similis'' <small>Háva, 2005</small> * ''Ctesias syriaca'' <small>Ganglbauer, 1904</small> * ''Ctesias sogdiana'' <small>Zhantiev, 1975</small> * ''Ctesias tschuiliensis'' <small>Sokolov, 1972</small> * ''Ctesias yuliyae'' <small>Háva in Nakládal & Háva, 2015</small> Subgenus ''Novemctesias'': * ''Ctesias fasciata'' <small>Zhantiev, 1975</small> * ''Ctesias nuratavica'' <small>Sokolov, 1983</small> Subgenus ''Tiresiomorpha'': * ''Ctesias dakariensis'' <small>Herrmann & Háva, 2009</small> * ''Ctesias gambiensis'' <small>Háva, 2022</small> * ''Ctesias gemma'' <small>Zhantiev, 1976</small> * ''Ctesias hajeki'' <small>Háva, 2005</small> * ''Ctesias klapperichi'' <small>(Pic, 1954)</small> * ''Ctesias schawalleri'' <small>Háva, 2002</small> * ''Ctesias taiensis'' <small>Háva & Matsumoto, 2021</small> * ''Ctesias variegata'' <small>Arrow, 1915</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=wd-genera>{{Cite web |last=Háva |first=Jiří |date=2023 |title=World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae |url=http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Genera-and-subgenera-division-of-Dermestidae.pdf |access-date=2 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240519054836/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Genera-and-subgenera-division-of-Dermestidae.pdf | archivedate= 19 May 2024}}</ref> <ref name=wd-species>{{Cite web |last=Háva |first=Jiří |date=2023 |title=World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae |url=http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Subfamily-Megatominae.pdf |access-date=12 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240602070250/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Subfamily-Megatominae.pdf | archivedate= 2 June 2024}}</ref> <ref name=dermestidae-herrmann>{{Cite web |last=Herrmann |first=Andreas |date=2024 |title=Dermestidae (Abbildungen) |url=http://www.dermestidae.com/Abbildungen.html |access-date=2 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240602070649/http://www.dermestidae.com/Abbildungen.html | archivedate= 2 June 2024}}</ref> <ref name=hermann-hava-2010>Hermann, A. & Háva, J. (2010). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jiri_Hava4/publication/255718371_A_new_species_of_the_genus_Ctesias_%28Decemctesias%29_from_Greece_%28Coleoptera_Dermestidae_Megatomini%29/links/5432e7ce0cf20c6211bde9df.pdf A new species of the genus ''Ctesias'' (Decemctesias) from Greece (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatomini).] ''Studies and Reports. Taxonomical Series'', 6, 87-90.</ref> }}
==External links== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150403210432/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=413693 ''Ctesias'' at Fauna Europaea]
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Category:Dermestidae genera Category:Palearctic insects
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