Type species: Dermestes pedicularius Linnaeus, 1758
Palearctic and Oriental Regions.
本属に属する9種のうち，８種は旧北区に分布するが，K. ornatus 1種のみが東洋区（インド）から知られる．
Species:
Kateretes dalmatinus (Sturm, 1844)
Kateretes flavicans (Fairmaire, 1860)
Kateretes japonicus Hisamatsu, 1985
Kateretes mixtus Kirejtshuk, 1989
Kateretes ornatus Jelinek, 1978
Kateretes pedicularius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kateretes pusillus (Thunberg, 1794)
Kateretes rufilabris (Latreile, 1807)
Kateretes takagii S-T. Hisamatsu, 2006
Hisamatsu, S-T. (2011) A review of the Japanese Kateretidae fauna (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 51(2): 551-585.
Jelinek and Cline (2010) Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846. In: Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles. A.R.B. Leschen, R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (Eds.). Walter de Gruyter, New York, NY.