Subgenus Anthrenus (Anthrenus) Geoffroy, 1762

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthrenus Geoffroy, E.L. 1762. Histoire abregée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Paris : Durand Vol. 1 viii 523 pp. pls 1-10. [113].

  Type species:

   Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758 by designation under Plenary Powers, see Mroczkowski, M. 1968. Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 26(3): 1-191 [139]; ICZN 1994. Opinion 1754. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris (Geoffroy, 1762): some generic names conserved (Crustacea, Insecta). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51: 58-70.
• Anthrenus Müller, O.F. 1764. Fauna Insectorum Fridrichsdalina sive methodica descriptio insectorum agri Fridrichsdalensis, cum characteribus genericis et specificis, nominibus triviabus, locis natalibus, iconibus allegiatis, novisque pluribus speceibus additis. Hafniae et. Lipsiae : Gleditsch xxiv 96 pp. [3].

  Type species:

   Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Anthrenus Schaeffer, I.C. 1766. Elementa Entomologica. Weiss : Ratisbonae 168 pp. cxxxiii pls. [26].

  Type species:

   Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Byrrhus Sulzer, J.H. 1776. Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten uach dem Linneischen System. Winterthur : H. Steiner & Co. xxviii + 274 + 72 pp. 32 pls. [25].

  Type species:

   Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Hypoceuthes Gerstaecker, A. 1871. Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar. III. Coleoptera. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 37: 42-86 [46].

  Type species:

   Hypoceuthes aterrimus Gerstaecker, 1871 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [76]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		03-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		11-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)