Subspecies Anthrenus (Anthrenus) scrophulariae scrophulariae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [356].
• Anthrenus histrio Fabricius, J.C. 1792. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1(1) xx 330 pp. [264].
• Anthrenus insulicola Obenberger, J. 1917. II. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Käfer-fauna. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82: 9-45 [32].
• Anthrenus scrophulariae suecicus Palm, T. 1940. Systematische Bemerkungen zu den schwedischen Anthrenus-Arten (Col. Dermestidae). Entomologisk Tidskrift 61: 1-3 [1].
• Anthrenus verbasci Herbst, J.F.W. 1797. Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten; als eine Fortsezzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné bearbeitet (von C. G. Jablonsky), Fortgesetzt von J. F. W. Herbst. Berlin : Pauli Vol. 7 346 pp. 26 pls. [328].
• Dermestes variegatus Scopoli, G.A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica, exhibens Insecta Carniolæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates, methodo Linnæana. Vindobonae [=Vienna] : Trattner xxxvi 420 pp. [16].
• Anthrenus scrophulariae rubricollis Sahlberg 1913. Coleoptera mediterranea orientalia, quae in Aegypto, Palestina, Syria, Caramania atque in Anatolia occidentali anno 1904 collegerunt John Sahlberg et Unio Saalas. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 55A(19): 1-281 [109].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [83]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larva: scavenger.

General References

Hinton, H.E. 1945. A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 viii 443 pp. [350] (adult description, biology)

Peacock, E.R. 1993. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their Relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). London : Royal Entomological Society of London 144 pp. [31, 63] (biology, distribution, keys to adult and larva)

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