Type deposited in HNHM
Citations & References (14)
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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
PIC M. 1923a: Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques 40: 3-32.
as Anthrenus rufescens
p. 3
Beccari F. (1971). Contributo alla conoscenza dell'entomofauna dell'Arabia Saudita. Primo elenco di insetti, acari e nematodi. Rivista di Agricoltura Subtropicale e Tropicale 65(7-9): 243-258.
as Anthrenus minor
p. 245
Alfieri A. (1976). The Coleoptera of Egypt. Mémoires de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte 5: 115-121.
as Anthrenus minor ssp. albidoflavus
p. 120
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
MROCZKOWSKI M. 1979: Insects of Saudi Arabia. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). Part 1., Faunistic data. Fauna Saudi Arabia 1: 212-214.
as Anthrenus colaratus [sic!]
p. 214
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
Rajendran S., Hajira Parveen K.M. (2005). Insect infestation in stored animal products. Journal of Stored Products Research 41(1): 1-30.
as Attagenus [sic!] coloratus
p. 6
Háva J. (2007). Systematic and synonymic notes upon certain species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East, Taxonomical Series 3: 47-50.
as Anthrenus rufescens
p. 49
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
KOVALENKO YA. N. 2018: The first record of the alien species Asian carpet beetle (Anthrenus coloratus Reitter, 1881) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Russia - A serious pest of museum collections. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions 9(4): 352-354. [original Russian text: Rossiiskii Zhurnal Biologicheskikh Invazii 3: 70-73.]
as Anthrenus coloratus
p. 70
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
Nardi G., Háva J. (2019). Anthrenus (Anthrenops) coloratus Reitter, 1881: a new pest in Italian entomological collections (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51(2): 225-227.
as Anthrenus coloratus
p. 225
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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