Citations & References (4)
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LINNAEUS C. VON 1761: Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per classes et ordines, genera et species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus Insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae: Laurentii Salvii, 48 + 579 pp., 2 pls. [first 48 unnumbered pages were probably added in 1761 to unbound copies available by the end of 1760]
Original Description
p. 145
Korschefski R. (1944). Bestimmungstabelle der bekanntesten deutschen Dermestidenlarven. Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 11: 140-152.
Immature / Larva
p. 151
Zhantiev R.D. (1976). Жуки-кожееды (семейство Dermestidae) фауны СССР [Skin beetles (family Dermestidae) of the USSR fauna]. Moskva: Izdatelstvo Moskovskogo Universiteta, 180 pp.
Immature / Larva
p. 103
Kadej M. (2018). Contribution to knowledge of the immature stages of Dermestidae with special emphasis on the larval morphology of the genus Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 (Megatominae: Anthrenini). Poznań: Polish Entomological Society, 180 pp. (OCLC: 1091333531).
Immature / Larva
p. 33

Literature and Synonymy

  • Dermestes museorum Linnaeus, 1761:145 [UZIU]
  • Byrrhus museorum: Linnaeus, 1767:568
  • Anthrenus museorum: Fabricius, 1775:61
  • Anthrenus verbasci Fabricius, 1775:61 [ZMUC]
  • Byrrhus muscorum: Fuessly, 1775:5
  • Byrrhus verbasci: Goeze, 1777:170
  • Anthrenus muscorum Fabricius, 1787:39 [ZMUC]
  • Anthrenus vagus Gmelin, 1790:1615 [?]
  • Byrrhus musaeorum: Ponza, 1805:44
  • Anthrenus pellio Thunberg, 1815:151 [UZIU]
  • Anthrenus varius Stephens, 1830:130 [BMNH]
  • Anthrenus brevasci [sic!] Fabricius: Mulsat & Rey, 1868:171
  • Florilinus muscorum: Coucke, 1895:466
  • Anthrenus musoecorum [sic!]: Germain, 1911:66
  • Anthremus [sic!] museorum Kulczyński: Burakowski et al., 1986:18
  • Anthrenus musicorum [sic!] Gyllenhal: Burakowski et al., 1986:18
  • Anthrenus museorum: Samih et al., 2025:198
Biology
Larva: Zhantiev, 1976:103 ;Korschefski, 1944:151 ;Kadej, 2018:33

Distribution

Africa Introduced

Asia Widespread

Australia & Oceania Introduced

Europe Widespread

  • General distribution throughout region

North America Introduced

General Information

iNaturalist Gallery (Anthrenus museorum)

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