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Anthrenini

Anthrenini is a tribe of beetles in the family Dermestidae. There are at least 100 described species in Anthrenini.

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Subfamily: Megatominae
Tribe: Anthrenini

Anthrenini is a tribe of beetles in the family Dermestidae. There are at least 100 described species in Anthrenini.12

Taxonomy

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

Genera

  • Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762
  • Dermeanthrenus Háva, 2008 (monotypic)
References

References

  1. "Anthrenini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  2. "Anthrenini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  3. Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  • 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

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.