Ranolus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae from Southeast Asia and Oceania.[1] It was originally described as a subgenus of Attagenus, containing only the species Ranolus cavernicola. It was later found to be a separate genus, and was placed in its own tribe, Ranolini, along with Orphilodes. A second species, Ranolus tenebricola, was described by Jiří Háva in 2014.[2] Orphilodes was later synonymized with Ranolus.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Tribe: | Ranolini Háva, 2014 |
| Genus: | Ranolus (Blair, 1929) |
| Type species | |
| Ranolus cavernicola (Blair, 1929)
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Species
editRanolus contains the following seven species:[1]
- Ranolus australis (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia
- Ranolus caledonicus Háva, 2017 — New Caledonia
- Ranolus cavernicola (Blair, 1929) — Malaysia
- Ranolus malleecola (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia
- Ranolus minor (Lawrence & Ślipiński, 2005) — Australia
- Ranolus papuanus (Háva, 2015) — Papua New Guinea
- Ranolus tenebricola Háva, 2014 — Thailand
References
edit- ^ a b Háva, Jiří (2022). "Dermestidae world (Coleoptera)". Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Háva, Jiří (2014). "A new species of the genus Ranolus (Blair, 1929) from Thailand (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Orphilinae: Ranolini)". Studies and Reports (Taxonomical Series). 10 (2): 403–408.
- ^ Háva, Jiří; Lawrence, John (2017). "Contribution to the genus 'Ranolus' Blair (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Ranolini), with new synonymy and combinations". Australian Entomologist. 44 (2): 103–104.
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