Anthrenus is a subgenus of the genus Anthrenus of the subfamily Megatominae within the family of skin beetles.
Subgenus is distinguished by antennae with 11 segments. Occasionally, male specimen appear with 10 antennae segments, having one less "filler" segment in the middle. Inner edge of eye is indented, as opposed to subgenus Nathrenus.
Species These species currently belong to the subgenus Anthrenus, with several mostly informal species groups recognized by researchers. The further division into groups mostly follows the definitions provided in the World Catalogue of Dermestidae by Jirí Háva:
Species group "crustaceus"
Anthrenus crustaceus (Reitter, 1881) – Middle East (Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen), Africa (Egypt, Eritrea), India (Gujarat) Anthrenus kaliki (Pic, 1952) – Algeria Anthrenus kabateki (Háva, 2014) – Western Sahara Anthrenus kubistai (Háva & Votruba, 2005) – Sudan Anthrenus linnavuorii (Háva, 2014) – Sudan (Blue Nile) Anthrenus paulyi (Háva, 2003) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast) Anthrenus pushkini (Herrmann, Kadej & Háva, 2016) – Russia (Dagestan) Anthrenus senegalensis (Pic, 1927) – Africa: Benin, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Anthrenus socotranus (Háva, 2017) – Yemen (Socotra Islands)
Species group "flavipes"
Anthrenus ardoi (Kadej & Háva, 2011) – Oman, United Arab Emirates Anthrenus aterrimus (Gerstäcker, 1871) – Kenya; Tanzania Anthrenus bartolozzii (Háva, 2003) – Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Tanzania Anthrenus botswaniensis (Háva & Kadej, 2006) – Botswana Anthrenus coacheorum (Háva, 2022) – Senegal Anthrenus cornelli (Háva & Herrmann, 2008) – Tanzania Anthrenus flavipes Anthrenus flavipes flavipes (LeConte, 1854) – Cosmopolitan Anthrenus flavipes albopunctatus (Pic, 1894) – Afghanistan; Iran; Russia (Tatarstan); Syria; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan Anthrenus kantneri (Háva, 2003) – Malawi; Mozambique; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe Anthrenus katerinae (Háva & Kadej, 2006) – Angola; Namibia Anthrenus klichai (Herrmann, Kadej & Háva, 2016) – Zambia Anthrenus lilligi (Háva & Herrmann, 2008) – Zimbabwe Anthrenus lindbergi (Mroczkowski, 1959) – Afghanistan; Pakistan Anthrenus lopatini (Zhantiev, 1976) – Pakistan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan Anthrenus maharashtranus (Háva, 2002) – India (Maharashtra) Anthrenus merkli (Háva, 2003) – Kenya; Somalia; Tanzania Anthrenus namibicus (Háva, 2000) – Namibia Anthrenus rauterbergi (Reitter, 1908) – Egypt Anthrenus rotundulus (Reitter, 1889) – Turkey; Egypt; Afghanistan; Caucasus region (Armenia included); Iran; Pakistan; Turkmenistan Anthrenus safad (Háva, 2013) – United Arab Emirates Anthrenus seideli (Háva, 2021) – Namibia Anthrenus simonis (Reitter, 1881) – Turkey; Egypt; Libya; Tunisia; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Syria Anthrenus x-signum (Reitter, 1881) – Corsica; Algeria; Egypt; Eritrea; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia; Israel; Jordan
Species group "maculatus"
Anthrenus maculatus (Fabricius, 1798) – Mexico (Baja California, Sonora); United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah) Anthrenus pueblanus (Háva, 2021) – Mexico (Puebla) Anthrenus pulaskii (Kadej, 2011) – United States (California) Anthrenus umbra (Beal, 1998) – Mexico (Sonora); United States (Arizona)
Species group "pimpinellae" Species belonging to Anthrenus pimpinellae complex could be hard to distinguish in field conditions due to often only minor differences in visual appearance between most species
Species group "scrophulariae"
Anthrenus bilyi (Háva, 2000) – Armenia; Kyrgyzstan; Uzbekistan Anthrenus chiton (Beal, 1998) – United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas) Anthrenus ethiopicus (Háva, 2004) – Ethiopia; Kenya; South Africa Anthrenus fucosus (Beal, 1998) – United States (Arizona) Anthrenus kenyaensis (Háva, 2004) – Kenya; Namibia; Tanzania, Zimbabwe; South Africa (Transvaal); Anthrenus lepidus (LeConte, 1854) – Canada (British Columbia); Mexico (Baja California); United States Anthrenus miniopictus (Bedel, 1884) – Spain; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia Anthrenus picturatus Anthrenus picturatus picturatus (Solsky, 1876) – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey; Afghanistan, Caucasus region, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Introduced to Corsica and South Africa (Pretoria) Anthrenus picturatus arabicus (Háva & Herrmann, 2006) – Yemen Anthrenus picturatus hintoni (Mroczkowski, 1952) – China (Beijing, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shangdong, Sichuan, Xinjiang); Mongolia; Russia (Stavropol) Anthrenus picturatus melanoleucus (Solsky, 1876) – Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Anthrenus scrophulariae Anthrenus scrophulariae scrophulariae (Linnaeus, 1758) – Europe, Asia, North America, Africa (Northern). Introduced to Australia (including Tasmania) and Chile. Anthrenus scrophulariae albidus (Brullé, 1832) – Southeast Europe, Turkey, Caucasus region, Syria, Uzbekistan Anthrenus sophonisba (Beal, 1998) – United States (Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah) Anthrenus thoracicus (Melsheimer, 1844) – United States (Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas)
Species group "seminulum"
Anthrenus seminulum (Arrow, 1915) – Kenya; South Africa Anthrenus tarnawskii (Kadej & Háva, 2006) – Botswana; Namibia; Zimbabwe; South Africa (Transvaal)
Other (no grouping)
Anthrenus pacificus (Fairmaire, 1850) – French Polynesia (Tahiti) Anthrenus sparsutus (Fairmaire, 1850) – French Polynesia (Tahiti) Anthrenus semipallens (Holloway & Herrmann, 2023) – Spain Anthrenus mumbaiensis (Holloway, 2023) – India
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