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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Megatominae » Anthrenini » Anthrenus » Subgenus Nathrenus (Anthrenus Subgenus Nathrenus)

Subgenus Nathrenus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Anthrenus sp. - Anthrenus verbasci Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci Beetle ID request - Anthrenus verbasci Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci Mottled Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci Shag Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci Dermestidae - Carpet Beetles - Anthrenus verbasci Varied Carpet Beetle - Dorsal - Anthrenus verbasci
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)
Subfamily Megatominae
Tribe Anthrenini
Genus Anthrenus
No Taxon Subgenus Nathrenus
Explanation of Names
Nathrenus Casey 1900
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, ~50 spp. total(1)
Range
native to warmer parts of the Old World, most diverse in Africa; one sp. cosmopolitan and widespread in NA(1)
Works Cited
1.Háva J. (2023) World catalogue of the Dermestidae
Contributed by v belov on 23 January, 2013 - 9:47pm
Last updated 25 January, 2013 - 5:41pm

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