Lanorus Explained

Lanorus (formerly Paranovelsis) is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, containing the following species:

Species

According to World Dermestidae catalogue, these species currently belong to genus Lanorus:

Species are generally found in South and North America (with exception of Lanorus aequalis)

Lanorus adspersus (Blanchard in Orbigny, 1843) – Bolivia
Lanorus aequalis (Sharp, 1902) – Mexico (Baja California, Veracruz), United States (Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia). Introduced to Europe: Finland, France, Italy, Romania, Spain, Switzerland
Lanorus anumbiusi (Háva, 2016) – Argentina
Lanorus bitaeniatus (Steinheil, 1869) – Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay. Introduced to New Zealand
Lanorus diiorioi (Háva in Háva & Turienzo, 2019) – Argentina
Lanorus gounellei (Pic, 1915) – Brazil
Lanorus harpiae (Háva, 2019) – Chile
Lanorus inexpectatus (Herrmann & Háva, 2016) – Argentina
Lanorus mcdonaldi (Herrmann & Háva, 2021) – United States (California)
Lanorus platanegrachei (Herrmann & Háva, 2014) – Argentina, Chile
Lanorus perplexus (Jayne, 1882) – Canada (British Columbia), United States (California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)
Lanorus varicolor (Jayne, 1882) – Mexico (Sonora), United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Texas, West Virginia)
Lanorus venezuelae (Háva, 2013) – Venezuela
Lanorus venustus (Háva, 2014) – Ecuador

Mostly Asian species, with some found in parts of Europe

Lanorus hadesi (Kadej & Háva, 2014) – Turkey
Lanorus jelineki (Háva, 2004) – Turkey, Iran
Lanorus maculatus (Kalík, 2006) – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece
Lanorus pantherinus (Ahrens, 1814) – Europe, Western Russia, Caucasus region, Turkey
Lanorus quadricolor (Sumakov, 1907) – Armenia, Turkey, Central Asia, Mongolia

European and Asian species. Lanorus punctatus (previously Attagenus punctatus) is most known due to its big distribution range

Lanorus hyrcanus (Zhantiev, 2009) – Azerbaijan, Iran
Lanorus moravicus (Háva, 2018) – Czech Republic, Ukraine
Lanorus punctatus (Scopoli, 1772) – Europe: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy (with Sicily), Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. Western Russia and Azerbaijan
Lanorus siteki (Háva, 2020) – Croatia, Greece