Anthrenus

genus
Geoffroy, 1762 [p. 113]
Synonyms (1)
Hypoceuthes Gerstäcker, 1871
synonym subg. Anthrenus (s. str.)
Citations & References (9)
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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.
as Anthrenus
Original Description
p. 113
MÜLLER O. F. 1764: Fauna Insectorum Fridrichsdalina, sive methodica descriptio insectorum agra Fridrichsdalina, cum characteribus genericis et specificis, nominibus trivialibus, locis natalibus, icinibus allegatis, novisque pluribus speciebus additis. Hafniae et Lipsiae: F. Gleditschii, xxiv + 96 pp.
as Anthrenus
p. XII
SCHAEFFER J. C. 1766: Elementa Entomologica. Ratisbonae: Weissianis, 168 pp., CXXXIII pls.
as Anthrenus
p. 26
SULZER J. H. 1776: Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten Nach dem Linaeischen System. I-II. Winterthur: H. Steyner & Comp., xxviii + 274 + 72 pp., 32 pls.
as Byrrhus
p. 25
THOMSON C. G. 1859: Skandinaviens Coleoptera, synoptiskt Bearbetade. Tom. I. Lund: Berlingska Noktryckeriet, 5 + 290 pp.
as Anthrenus Geoffroy
p. 73
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
Senhupta T., Mukhopadhyay P., Sengupta R. (1984). Major beetle pests of stored food products in India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. (62): 1-65.
as Anthranus Fabricius [sic!]
p. 29
Kadej M. (2011). A New Species of Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from California, with a Key to the Nearctic Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 65(3): 309-314.
Key to Anthrenus of North America
Identification Key
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Type species

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

Species Overview

Species 358
Subspecies 8

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Anthrenus)

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