Type deposited in ZMUM
Citations & References (5)
Type / BadgesPage
Zhantiev R.D. (1973). Новые и малоизвестные кожееды (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) фауны СССР [New and little known Dermestids (Coleoptera) in the fauna of the USSR]. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 52: 282-284.
Original Description
p. 283
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. 97
PEACOCK E. R. 1979: Attagenus smirnovi Zhantiev (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) a species new to Britain, with keys to the adults and larvae of British. The Entomologists Gazette 30: 131-136.
Immature / Larva
p. 133
Sazhnev A.S., Turbanov I.S. (2020). Records of Synanthropic Species of Alien Beetles (Coleoptera) in the Anthills of Genus Formica. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions 11(1): 85-87.
Host: Formica rufa
Biology
p. 107
Háva J. (2025). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, Únětice/Praha, 368 pp.
Preliminary new record
Distribution
p. 83

Literature and Synonymy

  • Attagenus marani Kalík (un): Háva & Herrmann, 2008:2
  • Attagenus smirnovi: Dvoriashina, 1988:63
  • Attagenus smirnovi: Pentinsaari et al. 2019:102
  • Attagenus smirnovi: Sazhnev & Matyukhin, 2019:31
  • Attagenus smirnovi: Sazhnev & Turbanov, 2019:107
  • Attagenus smirnovi (Zhantiev, 1973) [sic!]: Tsvetanov & Herrmann, 2022:1
Biology
Larva: Peacock 1979:133 ;Zhantiev, 1976:97
Host: Formica rufa : Sazhnev & Turbanov, 2020:107

Distribution

Africa

Asia Introduced

Australia & Oceania

Europe Introduced Widespread

General Information

iNaturalist Gallery (Attagenus smirnovi)

[ Preliminary identifications ]
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