Species Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Byrrhus verbasci Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [568].
• Anthrenus adspersus 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. [332].
• Anthrenus destructor Melsheimer, F.V. 1844. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 98-118 [116].
• Anthrenus florilegus Fourcroy, A.F. 1785. Entomologia Parisiensis; sive catalogus insectorum quæ in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur; secundam methodam Geoffrœanam in sectiones, genera & species distributus: cui addita sunt nomina trivialia & fere trecentæ novæ species. Paris : Via et Aedibus Serpentineis Vol. 1 viii 231 pp. [27].
• Anthrenus nitidulus Küster, H.C. 1847. Die Käfer Europas. Nach der Natur beschrieben. Mit Beiträgen mehrerer Entomologen. Nürnberg : Bauer und Raspe Vol. Heft X 100 sheets, 3 pls. [47].
• Anthrenus pictus Germar, E.F. 1813. Neue Insekten. Magazin der Entomologie 1: 114-133 [121].
• Anthrenus tomentosus Thunberg, C.P. 1815. Anthreni monographia. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7: 150-156 [151].
• Anthrenus verbasci confusus Reitter, E. 1886. Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. III. Heft II. Auflage. Enthaltend die Familien: Scaphidiidae, Lathridiidae und Dermestidae. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 24: 40-74 [69] [as variety].
• Anthrenus verbasci nebulosus Reitter, E. 1886. Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. III. Heft II. Auflage. Enthaltend die Familien: Scaphidiidae, Lathridiidae und Dermestidae. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 24: 40-74 [69] [as variety].
• Anthrenus verbasci vorax Casey, T.L. 1900. Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae with other studies. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8(2): 51–172 [161] [as variety].
• Bostrichus varius Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [60].
• Anthrenus tricolor 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. [333].
• Anthrenus verbasci pistor Casey, T.L. 1900. Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae with other studies. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8(2): 51–172 [161] [as variety].
• Anthrenus verbasci substriatus Casey, T.L. 1900. Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae with other studies. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8(2): 51–172 [161] [as variety].
• Anthrenus verbasci caseyi Hinton, H.E. 1945. A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 viii 443 pp. [328] [as variety].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [89]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: 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. [326] (adult description, biology)

Korschefsky, R. 1944. Bestimmungstabelle der bekanntesten deutschen Dermestidenlarven. Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 11: 140-152 [151] (larval description)

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. [30, 61] (biology, distrbution, keys to adult and larva)

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