Literature and Synonymy
- Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762:113
- Anthrenus Geoffroy: Thomson, 1859:73
- Anthrenus: ICZN 1954: No. 228 (not validition of Geoffroy´s description)
- Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762: ICZN, 1994:60 - Type species: Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758:256 (validition of Geoffroy´s description)
- Anthrenus O. F. Müller, 1764:XII - Type species: Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758:256
- Anthrenus Schaeffer, 1766:26 - Type species: Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758:256
- Byrrhus Sulzer, 1776:25 - Type species: Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758:256
- Hypoceuthes Gerstäcker, 1871:46 - Type species: Hypoceuthes aterrimus
- Gerstäcker, 1871:46
- Anthranus Fabricius [sic!]: Sengupta et al., 1984:29
Type Taxon
- Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758:356