Anthrenini Explained

Anthrenini is a tribe of beetles in the family Dermestidae. There are at least 100 described species in Anthrenini.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

According to World Dermestidae catalogue (Jiří Háva, 2023), following taxonomic division is proposed for the tribe Anthrenini:^[3]

• Dermestidae
  • Megatominae
    • Anthrenini
      • Anthrenina
        • Anthrenus
          • Anthrenodes
          • Anthrenops
          • Anthrenus s. str.
          • Florilinus
          • Helocerus
          • Nathrenus
          • Peacockia
          • Ranthenus
          • Setapeacockia
          • Solskinus
      • Dermeanthrenina
        • Dermeanthrenus
    • Megatomini
    • Ctesiini
  • other Dermestidae subfamilies

Genera

• Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 (carpet beetles)
• Dermeanthrenus Háva, 2008

References

• Beal, R. S. Jr. (2003). "Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 57, no. 4, 391–404.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anthrenini Tribe Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-26.
2. Web site: Anthrenini Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-26.
3. Web site: Háva . Jiří . 2023 . World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae . 2 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240519054836/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Genera-and-subgenera-division-of-Dermestidae.pdf . 19 May 2024.