Anthrenus

subgenus
Geoffroy, 1762 [p. 113]
Synonyms (1)
Hypoceuthes Gerstäcker, 1871
synonym
Citations & References (3)
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Geoffroy E.L. (1762). Histoire abrégée des Insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Paris: Durand, xxviii + 523 pp. + 10 pl. pp.
Original Description
p. 113
Gerstäcker A. (1871). Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar. III. Coleoptera. Archiv Naturgeschichte 37: 42-86.
= Hypoceuthes
Synonym Description
p. 46
Mroczkowski M. (1968). Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici 26(3): 15-191.
= Hypoceuthes (as Anthrenus) —
"Two syntypes of the type species, Hypoceuthes aterrimus Gerstaecker, 1871:46, preserved at the Zoological Museum of the Humboldt University in Berlin, were examined. The species belongs to the subgenus Anthrenus s. str."
Synonymy
p. 139

Type species

Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758: 356
= Anthrenus scrophulariae scrophulariae (Linnaeus, 1758) [p. 356]

Species Overview

Species 100
Subspecies 8

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Anthrenus)

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