# Ranolus

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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| image =
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| display_parents = 2
| parent_authority = Háva, 2014
| taxon = Ranolus
| authority = (Blair, 1929)
| type_species = ''[Ranolus cavernicola](/source/Ranolus_cavernicola)''
| type_species_authority = (Blair, 1929)
| synonyms = *''Orphilodes'' <small>Lawrence & Slipinski, 2005</small>
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'''''Ranolus''''' is a genus of [beetle](/source/beetle)s in the family [Dermestidae](/source/Dermestidae) from [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia) and [Oceania](/source/Oceania).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Háva |first=Jiří |date=2022 |title=Dermestidae world (Coleoptera) |url=http://dermestidae.wz.cz/ |access-date=12 February 2023}}</ref> It was originally described as a subgenus of ''[Attagenus](/source/Attagenus)'', containing only the species ''Ranolus cavernicola''. It was later found to be a separate genus, and was placed in its own tribe, [Ranolini](/source/Ranolini), along with ''[Orphilodes](/source/Orphilodes)''. A second species, ''Ranolus tenebricola'', was described by Jiří Háva in 2014.<ref name="Hava2014">{{cite journal|last=Háva|first=Jiří|year=2014|title=A new species of the genus Ranolus (Blair, 1929) from Thailand (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Orphilinae: Ranolini)|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265727404|journal=Studies and Reports (Taxonomical Series)|volume=10|issue=2|pages=403–408}}</ref> ''[Orphilodes](/source/Orphilodes)'' was later synonymized with ''Ranolus''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Háva |first=Jiří |last2=Lawrence |first2=John |date=2017 |title=Contribution to the genus 'Ranolus' Blair (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Ranolini), with new synonymy and combinations |journal=[Australian Entomologist](/source/Australian_Entomologist) |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=103-104}}</ref>

==Species==
''Ranolus'' contains the following seven species:<ref name=":2" />
* ''[Ranolus australis](/source/Ranolus_australis)'' <small>(Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005)</small> — Australia
* ''[Ranolus caledonicus](/source/Ranolus_caledonicus)'' <small>Háva, 2017</small> — New Caledonia
* ''[Ranolus cavernicola](/source/Ranolus_cavernicola)'' <small>(Blair, 1929)</small> — Malaysia
* ''[Ranolus malleecola](/source/Ranolus_malleecola)'' <small>(Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005)</small> — Australia
* ''[Ranolus minor](/source/Ranolus_minor)'' <small>(Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005)</small> — Australia
* ''[Ranolus papuanus](/source/Ranolus_papuanus)'' <small>(Háva, 2015)</small> — Papua New Guinea
* ''[Ranolus tenebricola](/source/Ranolus_tenebricola)'' <small>Háva, 2014</small> — Thailand

==References==
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