Anthrenus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Bostrichiformia
Superfamilia: Bostrichoidea

Familia: Dermestidae
Subfamilia: Megatominae
Tribus: Anthrenini
Genus: Anthrenus
Subgenera (10): Anthrenodes – Anthrenops – Anthrenus – Florilinus – Helocerus – Nathrenus – Peacockia – Ranthenus – Setapeacockia – Solskinus

[source: Háva (2008)]
Overview of species (>200)

A. aegyptiacus – A. albonotatus – A. amoenulus – A. ardoi – A. armstrongi – A. armstrongielus – A. bilyi – A. buettikeri – A. ceylonicus – A. consobrinus – A. debilis – A. difficilis – A. distinctus – A. endroedyi – A. fernandezi – A. frater – A. guineaensis – A. herrmanni – A. ineptus – A. israelicus – A. jelineki – A. jordanicus – A. kabateki – A. kejvali – A. king – A. klapperichi – A. linnavuorii – A. macqueeni – A. malkini – A. minor – A. narani – A. niveosparsa – A. occultus – A. ocellifer – A. omoi – A. parallelus – A. poggii – A. prudeki – A. pulchellus – A. safad – A. sarnicus – A. semenovi – A. simonis – A. stelma – A. tarnawskii – A. umbellatarum – A. wittmeri – ...
Name

Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762

Type species: Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762, not valid description, Type species not designated.
Anthrenus O.F. Müller, 1764, TS: Dermestes scrophulariae, Linnaeus, 1758
Anthrenus Schaeffer, 1766, TS: Dermestes scrophulariae, Linnaeus, 1758
Byrrhus Sulzer, 1776, TS: Dermestes scrophulariae, Linnaeus, 1758
Hypoceuthes Gerstaecker, 1871, TS: Hypoceuthes aterrimus, Gerstaecker, 1871
Neoanthrenus Armstrong, 1941

References

Casey, T.L. 1900: Review of the American Corylophidæ, Cryptophagidæ, Tritomidæ and Dermestidæ, with other studies. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 8 (2): 51–172. BHL
Háva, J. 2008: Description of a new subgenus Setapeacockia subgen. nov. of the genus Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Anthrenini) from Central Asia. Latvijas entomologs, 45: 43–45. PDF
Háva, J. 2019b. A new dermestid beetle species, Anthrenus (Anthrenops) fugong sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), from Yunnan China. Euroasian Entomological Journal 18(5): 362–364. DOI: 10.15298/euroasentj.18.5.10. Open access. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Háva, J. & Ahmed, Z. 2014. A new species of the genus Anthrenus from Pakistan (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthrenini). Studies and reports (taxonomical series) 10(1): 89–92. PDF. Reference page.
Háva, J. & Kadej, M. 2015: On the Dermestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rey´s collection. Part 2. Designation of neotype of Anthrenus pimpinellae var. incertus Mulsant et Rey, 1868 and recognition of a new synonymy within Palaearctic Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762. Zootaxa 3920(3): 497–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.10. Reference page.
Rebolledo, R.; Contreras, G.; Fierro, A.; Medel, V.; Parra, L. 2008: Especies de Anthrenus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) en la comuna de Temuco, Región de La Araucanía, Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomología, 34: ?-?

Links

Anthrenus – Taxon details on BugGuide.
Carpet beetles of the genus Anthrenus (Dermestidae) - Atlas of carpet beetles of Russia
Anthrenus - dermestidae.wz.cz - Catalogue of all known taxons

Vernacular names
русский: Кожеед-антрен

Anthrenus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. One of several genera of carpet beetles, Anthrenus was historically placed in a subfamily Anthreninae, though presently included in the Megatominae. The genus Neoanthrenus is closely related.

Anthrenus carpet beetles are small beetles a few millimetres long with a rather rounded shape. Their antennae bear small clubs at the end, which are plumper in males than in females. Many have a delicate and rather pretty pattern, with a dark body covered in colorful scales of various brown, tan, red, whitish and grey hues. These scales rub off easily, and old individuals are often partially devoid of them, showing the shining black elytra. A considerable number of subspecies and varieties have been named, but it is questionable whether these are all valid or simply refer to such age-related differences. The massive number of species has been divided into several subgenera, but these are not too firmly established. The small subgenus Helocerus for example is sometimes entirely included in Florilinus. Also, new species are being described every now and then.

These beetles range essentially all over the world; they have even colonized some remote oceanic islands. Most species are harmless pollen-eaters, with the long-haired larvae feeding on a wide range on dead animal or plant matter. This makes them important decomposers, which clean up decaying organisms. Some, however, most notoriously the museum beetle (A. museorum), are significant pests, infesting stored goods and especially biological specimens in museum collections. These species have caused considerable damage to biology by destroying valuable type specimens. Their larvae may cause considerable damage on wool, fur, feathers, and natural history collections.[1]
Selected species

Subgenus Anthrenodes

Anthrenus ceylonicus
Anthrenus distinctus
Anthrenus guineaensis
Anthrenus israelicus
Anthrenus jordanicus
Anthrenus klapperichi
Anthrenus malkini
Anthrenus occultus
Anthrenus semenovi
Anthrenus semenovi var. rupestris
Anthrenus umbellatarum

Subgenus Anthrenops

Anthrenus bellulus
Anthrenus bellulus ornatus
Anthrenus cervenkai
Anthrenus eichleri
Anthrenus geisthardti
Anthrenus hissaricus
Anthrenus oculatus
Anthrenus splendidus
Anthrenus zebra

Anthrenus pimpinellae, probably male

Subgenus Anthrenus

Anthrenus angustefasciatus
Anthrenus armstrongi
Anthrenus bartolozzii
Anthrenus botswaniensis
Anthrenus chiton Beal, 1998[verification needed]
Anthrenus delicatus Kiesenwetter, 1851
Anthrenus ethiopicus
Anthrenus festivus Erichson, 1846
Anthrenus flavidulus
Anthrenus flavipes J.L.LeConte, 1854 – furniture carpet beetle
Anthrenus flavipes albopunctatus
Anthrenus goliath Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Anthrenus indicus
Anthrenus isabellinus[2] Küster, 1848
Anthrenus kantneri
Anthrenus katerinae
Anthrenus kenyaensis
Anthrenus latefasciatus
Anthrenus lepidus LeConte, 1854[verification needed]
Anthrenus merkli
Anthrenus mesopotamicus
Anthrenus miniopictus
Anthrenus munroi Hinton, 1943
Anthrenus namibicus
Anthrenus nipponensis

Anthrenus oceanicus Fauvel, 1903[verification needed]
Anthrenus parvus Casey, 1900[verification needed]
Anthrenus pfefferi
Anthrenus picturatus
Anthrenus picturatus arabicus
Anthrenus picturatus hintoni
Anthrenus picturatus makolskii
Anthrenus picturatus melanoleucus
Anthrenus pimpinellae Fabricius, 1775[verification needed]
Anthrenus pimpinellae mroczkowskii Kalík, 1954
Anthrenus rotundulus
Anthrenus scrophulariae (Linnaeus, 1758) – common carpet beetle
Anthrenus scrophulariae var. albidus
Anthrenus scrophulariae var. gravidus
Anthrenus scrophulariae var. suecicus Palm, 1940
Anthrenus senegalensis
Anthrenus simonis
Anthrenus sophonisba Beal, 1998[verification needed]
Anthrenus tarnawskii
Anthrenus thoracicus Melsheimer, 1846[verification needed]
Anthrenus x-signum

common carpet beetle (A. scrophulariae), probably male

Subgenus Florilinus

Anthrenus castaneae Melsheimer, 1846[verification needed]
Anthrenus caucasicus
Anthrenus coreanus
Anthrenus flavidus
Anthrenus hartmanni
Anthrenus mugodsharicus
Anthrenus museorum (Linnaeus, 1761) – museum beetle
Anthrenus oberthueri Reitter, 1881
Anthrenus olgae Kalík, 1946
Anthrenus pallidus
Anthrenus solskianus
Anthrenus sordidulus
Anthrenus sveci
Anthrenus tanakai
Anthrenus zhantievi

Subgenus Helocerus

Anthrenus fuscus A.G.Olivier, 1789
Anthrenus minutus Erichson, 1846
Anthrenus polonicus Mroczkowski, 1951

museum beetle (A. museorum), male

Subgenus Nathrenus

Anthrenus albomaculatus
Anthrenus albostictus
Anthrenus basilewskyi
Anthrenus biskrensis Reitter, 1887
Anthrenus boyesi
Anthrenus bulirschi
Anthrenus constantini
Anthrenus cordis
Anthrenus exilis
Anthrenus havai
Anthrenus kucerai
Anthrenus margarethae
Anthrenus mindanaoensis
Anthrenus nadeini

Anthrenus natalensis
Anthrenus obscurus
Anthrenus preissi
Anthrenus pubifer
Anthrenus schawalleri
Anthrenus signatus Erichson, 1846
Anthrenus signatus var. incanus
Anthrenus snizeki
Anthrenus stelma
Anthrenus transcaspicus
Anthrenus tryznai
Anthrenus undatus
Anthrenus zahradniki

Subgenus Ranthenus

Anthrenus alatauensis
Anthrenus kryzhanovskii
Anthrenus zeravshanicus

Subgenus Solskinus

Anthrenus assimilis
Anthrenus bucharicus
Anthrenus dsungaricus
Anthrenus jacobsoni
Anthrenus tadzhicus
Anthrenus talassicus

Subgenus undetermined

Anthrenus amoenulus - Anthrenodes or Florilinus?
Anthrenus biscrensis - Florilinus?
Anthrenus blanci Beal, 1998[verification needed]
Anthrenus coloratus Reitter, 1881[verification needed] - Anthrenops or Florilinus?
Anthrenus fucosus Beal, 1998[verification needed]
Anthrenus funebris - Florilinus?
Anthrenus minor - Anthrenodes or Florilinus?
Anthrenus minor ab. unicolor
Anthrenus molitor Aubé, 1850 - Florilinus or Nathrenus?
Anthrenus occidens Casey, 1900[verification needed]
Anthrenus omoi Beal, 1998[verification needed]
Anthrenus sarnicus – Guernsey carpet beetle - Anthrenodes or Florilinus?
Anthrenus signatus - Florilinus or Nathrenus?
Anthrenus tuvensis - Florilinus?
Anthrenus umbra Beal, 1998[verification needed]
Anthrenus ussuricus - Florilinus?
Anthrenus verbasci – varied carpet beetle - Florilinus or Nathrenus?
Anthrenus verbasci var. nebulosus
Anthrenus versicolor Reitter, 1887 - Florilinus or Nathrenus?

References

"Genus Anthrenus - Carpet Beetles". Archived from the original on 2008-03-06.
Holloway, Graham J.; Bakaloudis, Dimitrios E.; Barclay, Maxwell V.L.; Canada Luna, Ivan; Foster, Christopher W.; Kadej, Marcin; Callaghan, Amanda; Paxton, Robert J. (16 December 2020). "Revision of taxonomic status of Anthrenus pimpinellae isabellinus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)". European Journal of Entomology. 117: 481–489. doi:10.14411/eje.2020.051.