Synonyms (5)
Attagenus bipunctatus (DeGeer, 1774)
synonym
Attagenus macellarius (Fabricius, 1781)
synonym
Attagenus schrankii (Kugelann, 1792)
synonym
Attagenus fruteti Grimmer, 1841
synonym
synonym
Citations & References (37)
Type / Badges
Page
Linnaeus C.V. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae: Laurenti Salvii (No. 1), iv + 824 + 1 pp.
as Dermestes pellio
Original Description
p. 355
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 Le Dermeste à deux points blancs
p. 100
DeGeer C. (1774). Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. A. Stockholm: De l'imprimerie de Pierre Hesselberg (No. 4), 457 pp.
= Attagenus bipunctatus (as Dermestes bipunctatus)
Synonym Description
p. 197
Fabricius J.C. (1781). Species Insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg: C. E. Bohn (No. 1), pp. viii + 1-552.
= Attagenus macellarius (as Dermestes macellarius)
Synonym Description
p. 63
SCHRANK F. VON PAULA 1785: Verzeichniss beobachteter Insecten im Fürstenthume Berchtesgaden. In: Füessly J. C.: Neues Magazine für die Liebhaber der Entomologie 2: 313-345.
as Dermestes cylindricornis
p. 315
ZSCHACH J. J. 1788: Museum N. G. Leskeanum pars entomologica ad systema entomologiae Cl. Fabricii ordinata. Lipsiae: I. G. Müller, i-iii, 1-136 pp., Tab. I-III.
as Dermestes pellio var.
p. 5
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 Dermestes pellio var. Zschach
p. 1593
Herbst J.F.W. (1792). Dermestidae. In: Jablonksy C.G. (ed.), Natursystem aller bekanten in- und ausländischen Insekten, als Eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Käfer vierter Theil. Heft 1. Berlin: J. Pauli, pp. 1-197.
as Dermestes atra
p. 95
Kugelann J.G. (1792). Verzeichniss der in einigen Gegenden Preussens bis jetzt entdeckten Käfer-Arten, nebst kurzen Nachrichten von denselben. Fortsetzung. Neuestes Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie 1: 477-512.
= Attagenus schrankii (as Megatoma schrankii)
Synonym Description
p. 480
PANZER G. W. F. 1795: Entomologia Germanica exhibens Insecta per Germaniam indigena secundum classes, ordines, genera, species Adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus. I. Eleuterata. Norimbergae, 36 + 372 pp., 12 pls.
as Dermestes ater
p. 96
CEDERHIELM J. 1798: Faunae Ingricae prodromus exhibens methodicam descriptionem insectorum agri Petropolensis praemissa mammalium, avium, amphibiorum et piscium enumeratione. Cum tabulis III. pictis. Lipsiae: Iohann. Fried. Hartknoch, xviii + (2) + 348 pp. + 3 pls.
as Dermestes notatus
p. 41
Latreille P.A. (1802). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particuliere des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Lecrerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naterelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Tome III. Paris: F. Dufart, pp. 13-467.
= Attagenus macellarius
p. 121
Leach W.E. (1815). Entomology. In: Brewster D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopedia; or dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. Edinburgh: B.W. Blackwood, pp. 384.
as Attagenus pellio
p. 94
Curtis J. (1829). British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland; containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are foun. XV. London: J. Curtis, pp. 674-721.
as Attagenus pellio —
Earliest reference that attempts to designate A. pellio as the type species ("Attagenus ... Type of the genus Dermestes Pellio Linn."); however it is not valid per ICZN (see Bouchard et al., 2024)
Taxonomic Note
p. pl. 247
GISTEL [= GISTL] J. N. F. X. 1829: Enumeratio Coleopterorum Agri Monacensis. Monachii, vi + 38 [introductiondated 16-iii-1829]
as Attagenus pellio var. impunctata Linnaeus
p. 19
Cristofori J., Jan G. (1832). Catalogus in IV. sectiones divisus rerum naturalium in museo exstantium. Sectio III. a Entomologia, pars I. a Conspectus Methodicus Insectorum, fasc. I.us Coleoptera. Mediolani, [4] + 16 + 111 pp.
as Megatoma pellio
p. 30
GISTEL [= GISTL] J. N. F. X. 1834: Die Insecten-Doubletten aus der Sammlung des Herrn Grafen Rudolph von JenisonWalworth zu Regensburg, welche sowohl im Kauf als im Tausche abgegeben werden. Nro. 1. Käfer. München: George Jaquet, 35 pp.
as Attagenus pellio var. impunctata Linnaeus
p. 15
Hope F.W. (1840). The Coleopterist's Manual, part the third, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linnaeus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpubl. Insects. London, 6 + 191 pp.
as Attagenus pellio —
Reference that attempts to designate A. pellio as the type species (based on listing inside the catalogue); however it is not valid per ICZN (see Bouchard et al., 2024). [Later used by R.S.Beal and subsequent authors in review of Attagenini as reference for the known "type of Attagenus"]
Taxonomic Note Catalogue
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Westwood J.O. (1840). An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green (No. 2), pp. 193-224.
as Attagenus pellio —
Reference that attempts to designate A. pellio as the type species (based on listing inside the catalogue); however it is not valid per ICZN (see Bouchard et al., 2024).
Taxonomic Note Catalogue
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GRIMMER K. H. B. 1841: Steiermark´s Coleoptern mit Einhundert sechs neubeschreibenen Species. Graz: Damian, iv + 50 pp.
= Attagenus fruteti
Synonym Description
p. 39
MURRAY A. 1853: Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Scotland. Edinburg et London: W. Blakwood, viii+145+1 pp.
= Attagenus macellarius (as Attagenus marcellarius [sic!])
p. 44
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 Eunorops pellio
p. 361
GISTEL J. N. F. X. 1857: Achthundert und zwanzig neue oder unbeschreibene wirbellose Thiere. In: Vacuna oder die Gehemnisse aus der organischen und leblosen Welt. Unterdruckte Originalien- Sammlung von grösstenteils noch lebenden und verstorbenen Gelehrten aus dem Gebiete sämmlicher Naturwissenschaften, der Medizin, Literaturgeschichte, des Forst- und Jagtwesen, der Oekonomie, Geschichte, Biographie, und der freien schönen Künste, herausgegeben von Professor Dr. Johannes Gistel. Zweiter Band. Straubing: Schorner, 1031 pp. [issued also separately, see above].
= Attagenus quisquiliorum
Synonym Description
p. 71
Dalla Torre K.W. (1911). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 33: Nosodendridae, Byrrhidae, Dermestidae. Berlin: W. Junk (Coleopterorum Catalogus), 96 pp.
= Attagenus schrankii (as Attagenus Schranki [sic!])
p. 55
Wradatsch G. (1914). Die Käferausberte von 1913 und die angewendete Fangtechnik. (Schluss.). Entomologische Blätter, Berlin 10: 150-154.
= Attagenus bipunctatus
p. 152
STRAND E. 1917: Übersicht der in Gistel's „Achthundert und zwanzig neue oder unbescriebene wirbellose Thiere“ (1857) behandelten Insekten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 82(5) [1916]: 75-101.
= Attagenus quisquiliorum
p. 87
OBENBERGER J. 1933: Hmyz Entomologie. In.: JANDA J. (ed.): Velký ilustrovaný přírodopis všech tří říší. Zoologie III. Praha: Ústřední Nakladatelství a knihkupectví učitelstva Československého v Praze, 768 pp. (in Czech)
as Attagenus pelio [sic!]
p. 245
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.
Immature / Larva
p. 250
Beal R.S. (1970). A taxonomic and biological study of species of Attagenini (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in the United States and Canada. Entomologica Americana 45: 141-235 (Publisher: [Lawrence, Kan., etc.], New York Entomological Society [etc.],).
Immature / Larva
p. 191
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. 98
Háva J., Nardi G. (2007). Notes on some Attagenus from Italy (Insecta, Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Aldrovandia 3: 121-124.
as Attagenus pellio —
Identification key against Attagenus silvaticus and notes about var. pilosissimus
Identification Key
p. 122-123
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.
= Attagenus quisquiliorum (as Attagenus pellio)
Synonymy
p. 57
Nardi G.L., Háva J. (2013). Italian Dermestidae: notes on some species and an updated checklist (Coleoptera). ZooKeys 360: 45-81.
as Attagenus pellio —
Comparison against species pilosissimus (previous variety of pellio) [pilosissimus stat. nov. in the same article]
Identification KeyMorphology
p. 54-57
SMITH D., HILL G., KENWARD H. & ALLISON E. 2020: Development of synanthropic beetle faunas over the last 9000 years in the British Isles. Journal of Archaeological Science 115(105075): 1-17.
as Attagenus pellio
p. 8
Zhou Y.L., Nicholls J.A., Liu Z.H., Hartley D., Szito A., Ślipiński A., Zwick A. (2022). Molecular Phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Reveals the Polyphyletic Nature of Trogoderma Latreille and the Taxonomic Placement of the Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(6): 2.
Phylogeny
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Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., Davies A.E., Cai C. (2024). On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 1194: 1-981.
Type Designation
p. 71
Holloway G., Joseph T.S., Kadej M. (2024). A review of the Attagenus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) species from South Africa and an image-based key to identification. African Entomology 32(e16250): 1-7.
as Attagenus pellio —
Noted with no known reference for record in South Africa (may be absent here, although considered cosmopolitan)
Identification Key
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Biology
Larva: Zhantiev, 1976:98 ;Hinton, 1945:250 ;Beal, 1970:191

Distribution

Africa

America (South & Central)

Asia

Australia & Oceania

Europe

North America

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Attagenus pellio)

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