Type deposited in ?MNHN
Synonyms (1)
Anthrenus claviger Erichson, 1846
synonym
Citations & References (15)
Type / Badges
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OLIVIER A. G. 1789: Encyclopédie méthodique, ou par ordre de matières; par une société de gens de lettres, de savans et d´artistes; précédée d´un vocabulaire universel, servant de table pour tout l´ouvrage, ornée des portraits de Mm. Diderot et d´Alembert, premiers éditeurs de l´Encyclopédie. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes. Tome IV. Paris: C. J. Panckoucke et Liége: Plomteux pp. 45-331. [pp. 1-44]
Original Description
p. 152
SCHÖNHERR C. J. 1806: Synonymia Insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie Aller bisher bekannten Insecten: nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum geordnet, mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer. Erster Theil. Stockholm, xxii + 289 pp., 3 pls.
as Anthrenus obscurus
p. 117
Fischer von Waldheim J.G. (1829). Museum historiae naturalis Universitatis Caesareae Mosquensis. Pars II. Insecta. Collectio insectorum Steveniana. Mosquae: Typis Universitatis Caesareae, 147 pp.
as Attagenus obscurus Schönherr
p. 49
Erichson W.F. (1846). Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera. Berlin: Nicholaische Buchhandlung (No. 3), pp. 419-463.
= Anthrenus claviger
Synonym Description
p. 458
Mulsant E., Rey C. (1868). Histoire Naturelle des Coléopteres de France. Paris: F. Savy, 186 pp.
as Anthrenus fuscus var.
p. 173
Coucke E. (1892). Les Brachyméres de Belgique et des Régions Voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 36: 69-79.
as Helocerus fuscus
p. 75
Mac Gillavry D. (1904). [Anthrenus claviger Er. grown from Papilio machon]. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 47: li.
= Anthrenus claviger
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RICHARDS O. W. & HERFORD G. V. B. 1930: Insects found associated with cacao, spices and dried in London warehouse. Annals of Applied Biology 17: 367-395 + XXIII-XXXII pls.
as Helocerus fuscus
p. 375
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. 102
Háva J. (2007). Dermestidae. In: Löbl I., Smetana A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Stenstrup: Apollo Books, pp. 57, 299-320.
as Anthrenus (Helocerus) fuscus —
Shows full European distributions (other editions have it shortened to just "EU")
DistributionCatalogue
p. 313
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 (Polish Entomological Monographs, 16), 180 pp.
Immature / Larva
p. 41, 45
Háva J., Herrmann A. (2022). New faunistic records and remarks on Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - Part 22. Munis Entomology & Zoology 17(1): 326-329.
as Anthrenus fuscus —
New introduced species for Laos (coll. A. Herrmann)
Distribution
p. 328
Samih A., Maatouf N., Trócoli S., Habbaz H., Rohi L. (2025). Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) from the cork oak forest of Larache (Morocco). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 45(2): 181-224.
as Anthrenus fuscus
p. 197
Holloway G.J., Querner P., Pinniger D. (2026). Differentiation of Anthrenus fuscus from Anthrenocerus australis (Coleoptera; Dermestidae). Journal of Natural Science Collections 14: 30-34.
as Anthrenus fuscus
Morphology
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Biology
Larva: Zhantiev, 1976:102 ;Korschefski, 1944:151 ;Kadej, 2018:41, 45

Distribution

Africa

Asia

Europe Widespread

  • General distribution throughout region

North America

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Anthrenus fuscus)

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