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Anthrenus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

Taxonomy

Anthrenus was named by Geoffroy (1762). It is extant. It is the type genus of Anthrenina.

It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775); to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Müller (1776), Latreille (1796); to Necrophagi by Latreille (1802); to Anthrenina by Zahradník and Háva (2014), Háva (2015); and to Anthrenini by Háva (2004), Háva and Prokop (2004), Háva (2014), Háva and Alekseev (2015), Háva and Bukejs (2018), Zhou et al. (2022), Háva (2023), Háva (2025).

Species

A. (Nathrenus)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1762	Anthrenus Geoffroy p. 113
1766	Anthrenus Schaeffer
1775	Anthrenus Fabricius p. 61
1776	Anthrenus Müller p. 58
1796	Anthrenus Latreille p. 10
1802	Anthrenus Latreille p. 118
2004	Anthrenus Háva p. 152
2004	Anthrenus Háva and Prokop p. 180
2014	Anthrenus Háva p. 214
2014	Anthrenus Zahradník and Háva p. 315
2015	Anthrenus Háva
2015	Anthrenus Háva and Alekseev p. 154
2018	Anthrenus Háva and Bukejs p. 208
2022	Anthrenus Zhou et al.
2023	Anthrenus Háva p. 268
2025	Anthrenus Háva p. 38

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
—	Coleopterida
order	Coleoptera
—	Mesocoleoptera
—	Metacoleoptera
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Bostrichiformia	Forbes 1926
superfamily	Bostrichoidea
family	Dermestidae
subfamily	Megatominae	()
tribe	Anthrenini	()
genus	Anthrenus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Anthrenus Geoffroy 1762

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Subg. Anthrenus (Nathrenus) Casey 1900

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†Anthrenus (Nathrenus) ambericus Háva et al. 2006

†Anthrenus (Nathrenus) electron Háva et al. 2006

†Anthrenus (Nathrenus) groehni Háva et al. 2006

†Anthrenus (Nathrenus) kerneggeri Háva et al. 2008

†Anthrenus (Nathrenus) larvalis Cockerell 1917

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Priabonian or 100.50000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Myanmar	A. larvalis (205556 231789) Dermestes larvalis (123020)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	A. electron (110737 120813) A. sp. (224863) A. sp., A. kerneggeri, A. groehni (205557)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Germany (Halle)	A. ambericus (169244)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	A. ambericus (124201) A. electron (123764) A. groehni (139928) A. kerneggeri, A. ambericus, A. groehni (110735) A. sp. (192258) A. sp., A. ambericus (172936)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation	A. ambericus (123419)