Type deposited in ?ZMAN
Synonyms (9)
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Attagenus marginicollis Handschuch in Küster, 1847
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Attagenus dalmatinus Küster, 1847
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Attagenus bicolor Casey, 1900
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Citations & References (36)
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Faldemann F. (1835). Additamenta entomologica ad Faunam Rossicam in itineribus Jussu Imperatoris Augustissimi annis 1827-1831 a Cl. Ménétriés et Szovitz susceptis collecta, in lucem adita. Socété Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (No. 4), pp. 1-4 + 1-310.
as Attagenus brunneus
Original Description
p. 227
Dejean P.F.M.A. (1821). Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris: Crevot.
= Attagenus dalmatinus (as Attagenus dalmatinus [nomen nudum])
p. 44
Dejean P.F.M.A. (1833). Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris: Méquignon-Mavris Pére et Fils, pp. 1-4 + 1-384.
= Attagenus dalmatinus (as Attagenus dalmatinus [nomen nudum])
p. 124
HEER O. 1837: Die Kaefer der Schweiz mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer geographischen Verbreitung. Zweiter Theil. Neuchatel: Petitpierre, ii + 55 pp.
= Attagenus sordidus (as Attagenus sordidus [nomen nudum])
p. 27
HEER O. 1841b: Fauna Coleopterorum Helvetica. Pars 1. Turici: Impensis Orelii, Fuesslini et Sociorum, xii + 652 pp.
= Attagenus sordidus
Synonym Description
p. 438
KÜSTER H. C. 1847a: Die Käfer Europa´s. Nach der Natur beschrieben. X Heft. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe, 100 sheets, 3 pls.
= Attagenus dalmatinus
Synonym Description
p. 44
KÜSTER H. C. 1847b: Die Käfer Europa´s. Nach der Natur beschrieben. XII Heft. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1 + 100 sheets, 2 pls.
= Attagenus marginicollis
Synonym Description
p. 76
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.
= Attagenus sordidus (as Attagenus piceus var. sordidus)
p. 76
Reitter E. (1883). Dermestidae. In: Heyden L.V., Reitter E., Weise J. (eds.), Catalogus Coleopterorum Europae et Caucasi. , pp. 89-90.
as Attagenus piceus var. brunneus
p. 89
Reitter E. (1887). Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. III Heft. II. Auflage. Enthaltend die Familien: Scaphidiidae, Lathridiidae und Dermestidae. Mödling: Verlag von Edmund Reitter, 75 pp.
= Attagenus dalmatinus (as Megatoma picea var. dalmatina)
p. 46
Rey C. (1889). Remarques en passant. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 5: 58-59.
= Attagenus fulvipes obliquus (as Attagenus fulvipes var. obliquus) —
"Une variété remarquable de fulvipes a le dernier article des antennes... (obliquus R.)"; note: variety doesn't belong to piceus but to fulvipes
Synonym Description
p. 59
Pic M. (1894). Descriptions et notes entomologiques (Coléopteres). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 10(113): 66.
= Attagenus longicornis
Synonym Description
p. 66
= Attagenus picipennis
Synonym Description
p. 66
PIC M. 1895b: Notes complementaires ou observations diverses a propos d´especes et varétés omises ou cataloguées. L´Échange, Revue Linnéenne 11: 110-120.
= Attagenus fulvipes obliquus (as Attagenus fulvipes var. obliquus)
p. 116
Casey T.L. (1900). Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae with other studies. Journal New York Entomological Society 8: 51-172.
= Attagenus extricatus
Synonym Description
p. 146
= Attagenus bicolor
Synonym Description
p. 147
= Attagenus elongatulus
Synonym Description
p. 147
Casey T.L. (1916). Some random studies among the Clavicornia. Dermestidae. Memoirs on the Coleoptera. VII. Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., pp. 1-300.
= Attagenus elongatulus
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p. 183
ZINKERNAGEL R. 1952: Remarks on Attagenus species. Transactions of the Ninth International Congres of Entomology 1: 844-848.
as Attagenus piceus „yellow form“
p. 845
MROCZKOWSKI M. 1962b: Anthrenus minutus Er. and Faunistic Notes on other Sardinian Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studi Sassaresi, Sez. III, Annali della Facolta Agraria, Sassari 9: 544-549, 1 map.
= Attagenus dalmatinus (as Attagenus megatoma ssp. dalmatinus)
p. 547
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.],).
= Attagenus extricatus (as Attagenus elongatulus) —
Attagenus extricatus is newly synonymized with Attagenus elongatulus Casey
Synonymy
p. 176
= Attagenus elongatulus —
The species Attagenus elongatulus Casey is revised in regards to similar species, and possibility of its synonymy with Attagenus brunneus is mentioned. Larval morphology: [p. 178, 202]
Taxonomic Note Immature / LarvaRevision
p. 176, 202
as Attagenus brunneus
Taxonomic Note
p. 180
Alfieri A. (1976). The Coleoptera of Egypt. Mémoires de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte 5: 115-121.
= Attagenus sordidus (as Attagenus piceus ssp. sordidus)
p. 116
Kalík V. (1986). Faunistic records from Czechoslovakia. Coleoptera: Dermestidae. Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 83(2): 155-156.
= Attagenus longicornis (as Attagenus longizornis [sic!])
p. 155
Bousquet Y. (1990). Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: an identification guide. Ottawa: Minister of Supply (Publication / Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, 1837), 214 pp.
as Attagenus brunneus
p. 106
Veer V., Negi B.K., Rao K.M. (1996). Dermestid beetles and some other insect pests associated with stored silkworm cocoons in India, including a world list of dermestid species found attacking this commodity. Journal of Stored Products Research 32(1): 69-89.
= Attagenus dalmatinus (as Attagenus megatoma delmatinus [sic!])
p. 86
Háva J. (2003). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Brandýs nad Labem (Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ v Brandýse nad Labem a Staré Boleslavi, Supplementum), pp. 1-196.
as Attagenus brunneus
p. 59
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. 473
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 picipennis (as Attagenus brunneus) —
"Attagenus picipennis Pic, 1894 (type material studied) syn. nov. of A. brunneus Faldermann, 1835"
Synonymy
p. 57
JIANG S., JI Y., QU CH., MA T. & DING B. 2012: A list of Insects on stored tradtional Chinese medicinal (TCM) materials in Anhui Province of China. Plant Diseases and Pests 3(5-6): 16-18.
as Attagenus piceus subsp. [sic!]
p. 16
Háva J., Herrmann A. (2022). New faunistic records and remarks on Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - Part 22. Munis Entomology & Zoology 17(1): 326-329.
as Attagenus brunneus
p. 327
Ostrovsky A.M. (2022). Attagenus brunneus Faldermann, 1835 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), a New Invasive Species of Carpet Beetles in the Fauna of Belarus. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions 13(3): 322-324.
as Attagenus brunneus
p. 322
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 brunneus —
"Attagenus brunneus has been listed as a species of South Africa (Herrmann and Háva 2020), however, no original record could be found to support this. A recommendation to remove A. brunneus from the list could be made due to the lack of records supporting the presence of this species in South Africa..."
Identification Key
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Háva J. (2025). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, Únětice/Praha, 368 pp.
as Attagenus brunneus —
[The chresonymy list might not be entirely correct; similarly, dating to Háva 2007 palaearctic catalogue] - elongatus Casey, 1916 [sic]
Catalogue
p. 92
Háva J. (2026). Remarks and new faunistic records on Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series 22(2): 331-348.
as Attagenus brunneus —
In "Teratological specimens" section
Morphology
p. 345
Biology
Larva: Kiselyova & McHugh, 2006:473 ;Beal, 1970:176, 202

Distribution

Africa

Asia

Europe Widespread

North America

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Attagenus brunneus)

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