Type deposited in HNHM
Citations & References (6)
Type / Badges
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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.
Original Description
p. 91
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. 102
Veer V., Prasad R., Rao K.M. (1991). Taxonomic and biological notes on Attagenus and Anthrenus spp (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) found damaging stored woollen fabrics in India. Journal of Stored Products Research 27(3): 185-198.
Immature / Larva
p. 192
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.
as Anthrenus (Anthrenops) coloratus — Shows full European distributions (other editions have it shortened to just "EU")
DistributionCatalogue
p. 311
Kadej M. (2018). Contribution to knowledge of the immature stages of Dermestidae with special emphasis on the larval morphology of the genus Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 (Megatominae: Anthrenini). Poznań: Polish Entomological Society (Polish Entomological Monographs, 16), 180 pp.
Immature / Larva
p. 17
Holloway G.J. (2026). Three new species of subgenus Anthrenops Reitter (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthrenus Geoffroy) and new records from Jordan and Egypt. Insecta Mundi 1194: 1-12.
Jordan
Distribution
p. 8
Biology
Larva: Zhantiev, 1976:102 ;Kadej, 2018:17 ;Veer et al., 1991:192

Distribution

Africa

America (South & Central)

Asia

Europe Widespread

North America

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Anthrenus coloratus)

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