Citations & References (38)
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LINNAEUS C. VON 1767: Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, ad Editionen duodecimam reformatam. Tom I., Pars II. Holmiae: Laurentii Salvii, pp. 533-1327 + 37 pp.
as Byrrhus verbasci
Original Description
p. 568
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.
as L´Anthrène amourette
p. 115
Fabricius J.C. (1775). Systema Entomologie, sistens Insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae: Officina Libraria Kortii, xxxii + 832 pp.
as Bostrichus varius
p. 60
GMELIN J. F. 1790: Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae per reglia tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, Cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Tom I, Pars IV. Lipsiae: G. E. Beer, pp. 1517-2224.
as Anthrenus verbasci
p. 1614
HERBST J. F. W. 1797: Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten, als eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Käfer siebenten Theil. Berlin: J. Pauli, 346 pp., 26 pls.
as Anthrenus adspersus
p. 332
GERMAR E. F. 1813: Neue Insekten. Magazin der Entomologie Germar, Halle 1: 114-133.
as Anthrenus pictus
p. 121
Thunberg C.P. (1815). Anthreni monographia. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7: 150-156.
as Anthrenus tomentosus
p. 151
COMOLLI A. 1837: De coleopteris novis ac rarioribus minusve cognitis provinciae Novocomi. Fusi et Socii, Ticini [= Pavia]. [2] + 7-54 pp.
as Anthrenus pictus Megerle [sic!]
p. 31
HEER O. 1837: Die Kaefer der Schweiz mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer geographischen Verbreitung. Zweiter Theil. Neuchatel: Petitpierre, ii + 55 pp.
as Anthrenus pictus
p. 28
HEER O. 1841b: Fauna Coleopterorum Helvetica. Pars 1. Turici: Impensis Orelii, Fuesslini et Sociorum, xii + 652 pp.
as Anthrenus pictus Megerle [sic!]
p. 440
Melsheimer F.V. (1844). Descriptions of New species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 98-118.
as Anthrenus destructor
p. 116
KÜSTER H. C. 1847a: Die Käfer Europa´s. Nach der Natur beschrieben. X Heft. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe, 100 sheets, 3 pls.
as Anthrenus nitidulus
p. 47
Gistel J. (1856). Die Mysterien der Europäischen Insectenwelt. Ein geheimer Schlüssel für Sammler aller Insectenordnungen und Stände, behufs des Fangs, des Aufenthalts-orts, der Wohnung, Tag- und Jahreszeit ... Kempten: Druck und Verlag von Tobias Dannheimer, xii + 530 + [2] pp.
as Anthrenus pictus Megerle [sic!]
p. 36
Lacordaire T. (1856). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou Exposé Méthodique et Critique de Tous Les Genres Proposés Jusqu´ici dans cet ordre d´Insectes. Tome Troisieme. Paris (No. 3).
as Anthrenus varius var. destructor
p. 575
Mulsant E., Rey C. (1868). Histoire Naturelle des Coléopteres de France. Paris: F. Savy, 186 pp.
as Anthrenus verbasci var.
p. 164
Reitter E. (1881). Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. III Heft. I. Auflage. Enthaltend die Familien: Scaphidiidae, Lathridiidae und Dermestidae. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 30: 41-94.
as Anthrenus verbasci var. nitidulus
p. 91
Gerhardt J. (1910). Neuheiten der schlesischen Käferfauna aus dem Jahre 1909 (Coleoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, pp. 554-557.
as Anthrenus verbasci var. maculosus Reitter
p. 556
GERMAIN P. 1911: Catálogo de los coleópteros chilenos del Museo Nacional. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Chile 3(1): 47-73.
as Anthrenus chilensis
p. 66
NEUNZIG K. & SCHLEYER A. 1912: Die Käfer Europas. 465 farbige Abbildungen auf 230 Tafeln. Fürth i. B: G. Löwenfohn, 119 pp.
as Anthrenus museorum [sic!]
p. 35
Korschefski R. (1944). Bestimmungstabelle der bekanntesten deutschen Dermestidenlarven. Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 11: 140-152.
Immature / Larva
p. 151
Hinton H.E. (1945). A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London: Order of the Trustees of the British Museum (No. 1), viii+443 pp.
as Anthrenus verbasci var. voraz [sic!]
p. 328
Hatch M.H. (1962). The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part III: Pselaphidae and Diversicornia I. Seattle: University of Washington (University of Washington Publications in Biology, 16), pp. 1-503.
as Anthrenus verbasci ab. destructor
p. 291
HOFFMANN A. 1965: Coléoptères Bruchides et Dermestides recoltés par J. Mateau dans l´Ennedi. Bulletin de l' Institut Fondamental d' Afrique Noire 27: 196-197.
as Anthrenus verbasci var.
p. 197
Mroczkowski M. (1968). Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici 26(3): 15-191.
as Anthrenus verbasci var. destructor
p. 146
REBOLLEDO R. & ARROYO M. 1994: Prospección de especies de Trogoderma (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) Mediantetrampas de feromonas en Madrid, segundo año de observaciones. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 20: 49-56.
as Antherenus [sic!] verbasci
p. 881
CRUZ GARCÍA B., CHIANG LOK M. L. & SHAGARODSKY SCULL T. 2001: Presencia de Carpophilus hemipterus (L.) en Garbanzo Almacenado. Revista del Protección Vegetal 16: 135-136.
as Antherenus [sic!] verbasci
p. 135
MOSS M. O. & GIBBS G. 2004: The scales on the body of the carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci. Quekett Journal of Microscopy 39: 773-778.
as Anthrenus verbasci
p. 773
Adamek S. (2006). Morfologia larw wybranych gatunkow skornikow (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). [Thesis], Wroclaw: Zakład Bioróżnorodności i Taksonomii Ewolucyjnej, Instytut Zoologiczny, Uniwersytet Wrocławski (in Polish).
Immature / Larva
p. 85
Kiselyova T., McHugh J.V. (2006). A phylogenetic study of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) based on larval morphology. Systematic Entomology 31(3): 469-507.
Immature / Larva
p. 474
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 (Nathrenus) verbasci —
Shows full Palearctic distributions (other editions have it shortened to continents)
DistributionCatalogue
p. 314
Poinar G., Poinar R. (2016). Ancient hastisetae of Cretaceous carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in Myanmar amber. Arthropod Structure & Development 45(6): 642-645.
Immature / Larva
p. 644
Hava J., Herrmann A. (2018). New faunistic records and remarks on Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - Part 17. Folia Heyrovskyana, series A 26(1): 13-18.
as Anthrenus chilensis Germain, 1911
p. 16
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. 49
Rădac I.A., Háva J. (2021). Globicornis nigripes and Anthrenus verbasci (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in oothecae of Hierodula tenuidentata (Mantodea: Mantidae) from Romania. Folia Heyrovskyana 29(1): 105-106.
Host: Hierodula tenuidentata
Biology
p. 105
van Breugel P. (2023). Hoofdstuk 21 Inwoners, meelifters, lastpakken, dieven en vogels - 21.1.4 Spekkevers (Dermestidae). Gasten van bijenhotels 4e druk: 451-453.
as Anthrenus museorum [misidentification]
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p. 451-452
Háva J., Herrmann A. (2025). New faunistic records and remarks on Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - Part 28. Munis Entomology & Zoology 20(supplement): 4084-4087.
as Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci —
Djibouti
Distribution
p. 4086
Holloway G.J., Callaghan A. (2026). Anthrenus (Nathrenus) dashi (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), a new species from Greece, and redescription of Anthrenus verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767). Arquivos Entomolóxicos 34: 175-184.
as Anthrenus verbasci
Revision
p. 178
Háva J. (2026). Remarks and new faunistic records on Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series 22(2): 331-348.
as Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci —
In "Teratological specimens" section
Morphology
p. 345
Biology
Larva: Kiselyova & McHugh, 2006:474 ;Poinar & Poinar, 2016:644 ;Korschefski, 1944:151 ;Kadej, 2018:49 ;Adamek, 2006:85
Host: Hierodula tenuidentata : Rădac & Háva, 2021:105

Distribution

Africa Widespread

America (South & Central) Introduced Widespread

Asia Widespread

Australia & Oceania Introduced Widespread

Europe Widespread

North America Introduced Widespread

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Anthrenus verbasci)

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