Nathrenus is a subgenus of the genus Anthrenus of the subfamily Megatominae within the family of skin beetles.[1] The most well-known species from the subgenus, varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci), is distributed in most parts of the world, whereas the vast majority of other species are only present in regions of Africa and Asia.
| Nathrenus | |
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| Anthrenus verbasci, common species from the subgenus (cosmopolitan) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Genus: | Anthrenus |
| Subgenus: | Nathrenus Casey, 1900 |
| Species | |
Key characters
editSubgenus is distinguished by antennae with 11 segments. Occasionally, male specimen appear with 10 antennae segments, having one less "filler" segment in the middle. Inner edge of eye doesn't have indentation, as opposed to subgenus Anthrenus.[2]
Species
editAccording to World Dermestidae catalogue, these species currently belong to subgenus Nathrenus:[3][4]
Species group "albomaculatus"
edit- Anthrenus albomaculatus (Pic, 1927) – Indonesia (Borneo, Kalimantan); Malaysia (Pahang, Perak)
- Anthrenus cardamom (Háva, 2001) – South India
- Anthrenus constantini (Háva & Herrmann, 2006) – South Africa
- Anthrenus herrmanni (Kadej & Háva, 2016) – Thailand
- Anthrenus hrdlickai (Háva, 2016) – Philippines (Luzon)
- Anthrenus kalimantanus (Háva, 2004) – Indonesia (Kalimantan)
- Anthrenus mindanaoensis (Háva, 2004) – Philippines
- Anthrenus perak (Háva, 2016) – Indonesia (Kalimantan); Malaysia
- Anthrenus preissi (Háva & Herrmann, 2003) – Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra)
- Anthrenus sabahense (Háva, 2021) – Malaysia (Sabah)
- Anthrenus viktorai (Háva, 2016) – Malaysia
Species group "ocellifer" (Neoanthrenus)
editThe group of species was originally classified under the genus Neoanthrenus. However, in 2013, researchers Kadej and Háva decided to reclassify these species, placing them under the subgenus Nathrenus within Anthrenus.[5] This taxonomic change has been met with controversy and disagreement within the scientific community. The main reason for this dispute is that Kadej and Háva's decision did not take into account the considerable morphological differences between the adults and larvae of Neoanthrenus species and those of Anthrenus, leading to a reclassification that does not reflect the true biological distinctions between these groups.[6]
Further phylogenetic studies by Kiselyova and McHugh (2006), along with molecular analysis by Yu-Lingzi Zhou and colleagues (2022), support the clear distinction between these two genera. The recent analysis places species of Neoanthrenus within the tribe Megatomini, relative to the currently polyphyletic genus Trogoderma.[6]
- Anthrenus armstrongielus (Kadej & Háva, 2013) – Australia: Sydney
- Anthrenus consobrinus (Háva, 2005) – Australia: Northern Territory, Western Australia
- Anthrenus frater (Arrow, 1915) – Tasmania
- Anthrenus king (Háva, 2002) – Australia (King Island)
- Anthrenus macqueeni (Armstrong, 1949) – Australia (Queensland)
- Anthrenus niveosparsus (Armstrong, 1941) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Anthrenus ocellifer (Blackburn, 1891) – Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia)
- Anthrenus parallelus (Armstrong, 1941) – Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria)
- Anthrenus svatopluki (Kadej & Háva, 2013) – Australia (Western Australia)
Species group "verbasci"
edit- Anthrenus afer (Péringuey, 1886) – South Africa
- Anthrenus albostictus (Reitter, 1881) – South Africa
- Anthrenus arndti (Háva, 2005) – Namibia
- Anthrenus barclayi (Háva, 2019) – Angola
- Anthrenus basilewskyi (Kalík, 1965) – Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
- Anthrenus bezdeki (Háva, 2017) – Yemen (Socotra)
- Anthrenus biskrensis (Reitter, 1887) – Italy (Lampedusa, Lipari, Sicily); Malta; Spain; Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
- Anthrenus bomiensis (Háva, 2004) – China (Tibet, Yunnan)
- Anthrenus boyesi (Háva, 2004) – Congo; Malawi; Swaziland; Zimbabwe; South Africa (Cape, Namaqualand, Natal, Transvaal, Zululand);
- Anthrenus bulirschi (Háva, 2000) – Greece; Turkey; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria
- Anthrenus capensis (Guérin–Méneville, 1835) – South Africa
- Anthrenus cordis (Háva & Kadej, 2006) – South Africa
- Anthrenus cylindricornis (Herrmann & Háva, 2014) – South Africa
- Anthrenus edopetri (Háva, 2004) – Laos; Thailand
- Anthrenus exilis (Mulsant & Rey, 1868) – Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tchad; Tunisia
- Anthrenus funebris (Reitter, 1889) – Greece (Karpathos Islands)
- Anthrenus gorki (Háva, 2008) – Azerbaijan; Greece; Turkey
- Anthrenus havai (Kadej & Jakubska, 2007) – Namibia
- Anthrenus jakli (Háva, 2001) – Oman; Yemen
- Anthrenus kabakovi (Kadej & Háva, 2016) – Vietnam
- Anthrenus knizeki (Háva, 2004) – China (Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Sichuan)
- Anthrenus kopeckyi (Háva, 2017) – Morocco
- Anthrenus kucerai (Háva, 2005) – China (Sichuan)
- Anthrenus liliputianus (Mulsant & Rey, 1868) – Egypt
- Anthrenus longisetosus (Kadej & Háva, 2015) – China (Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang)
- Anthrenus malawicus (Háva, 2004) – Malawi
- Anthrenus maltzi (Kadej, 2010) – Angola
- Anthrenus margarethae (Háva & Kadej, 2006) – South Africa
- Anthrenus molitor (Aubé, 1850) – Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; France; Greece; Italy; Macedonia; Spain; Turkey; Algeria; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia; Iraq; Israel; Lebanon
- Anthrenus nadeini (Kadej & Háva, 2008) – Ethiopia
- Anthrenus narani (Háva & Ahmed, 2014) – Pakistan
- Anthrenus natalensis (Háva, 2004) – South Africa (Cape, Natal)
- Anthrenus nideki (Háva, 2005) – South Africa
- Anthrenus nocivus (Mulsant & Godart, 1870) – Algeria
- Anthrenus noctua (Háva, 2005) – South Africa
- Anthrenus obenbergeri (Háva & Herrmann, 2021) – Crete
- Anthrenus obscurus (Thunberg, 1815) – South Africa
- Anthrenus paramolitor (Herrmann & Háva, 2021) – Crete; Turkey
- Anthrenus pilosus (Pic, 1923) – China (Tibet)
- Anthrenus propinquus (Háva, 2005) – China (Sichuan)
- Anthrenus pubifer (Reitter, 1899) – Turkey; Iran; Iraq; Syria
- Anthrenus purcharti (Háva, 2014) – Yemen (Socotra)
- Anthrenus schawalleri (Háva & Kadej, 2006) – China (Sichuan)
- Anthrenus sichuanicus (Háva, 2004) – China (Sichuan)
- Anthrenus signatus (Erichson, 1846) – Austria; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Montenegro; Poland; Romania; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Turkey
- Anthrenus snizeki (Háva, 2004) – South Africa
- Anthrenus stelma (Kadej & Háva, 2006) – Namibia
- Anthrenus strakai (Herrmann & Háva, 2012) – Cape Verde
- Anthrenus subsetosus (Arrow, 1915) – Myanmar; Vietnam
- Anthrenus transcaspicus (Mroczkowski, 1960) – Iran; Turkmenistan
- Anthrenus tryznai (Háva, 2001) – China (Tibet)
- Anthrenus turnai (Háva, 2004) – China (Sichuan)
- Anthrenus undatus (Reitter, 1881) – South Africa
- Anthrenus verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767) – Cosmopolitan
- Anthrenus versicolor (Reitter, 1887) – Greece; Italy (Sardinia, Sicily)
- Anthrenus zahradniki (Háva, 2003) – Greece (Chios, Rhodes); Lebanon; Turkey; Cyprus
Some species of subgenus Nathrenus were preserved in amber and consist of:
- †Anthrenus ambericus (Háva, Prokop & Herrmann, 2006)
- †Anthrenus electron (Háva, Prokop & Kadej, 2006)
- †Anthrenus groehni (Háva, Prokop & Herrmann, 2006)
- †Anthrenus kerneggeri (Háva, Prokop & Herrmann, 2008)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Anthrenus Bestimmungstabelle (Anthrenus identification table)". Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Marcin Kadej; Jiří Háva (1 May 2013). "The genus Neoanthrenus Armstrong, 1941 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Anthrenini): A new synonym of Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762". Zootaxa. 3646 (1): 87–92. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3646.1.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26213748. Wikidata Q29470117.
- ^ a b Yu-Lingzi Zhou; James A Nicholls; Zhen-Hua Liu; Diana Hartley; Andras Szito; Adam Ślipiński; Andreas Zwick (1 November 2022). "Molecular Phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Reveals the Polyphyletic Nature of Trogoderma Latreille and the Taxonomic Placement of the Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts" (PDF). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 6 (6). doi:10.1093/ISD/IXAC026. ISSN 2399-3421. Wikidata Q116673277.