Anthrenus (subgenus)

Anthrenus is a subgenus of the genus Anthrenus of the subfamily Megatominae within the family of skin beetles.
Subgenus 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 is indented, as opposed to subgenus Nathrenus.

Species

These species currently belong to the subgenus Anthrenus, with several mostly informal species groups recognized by researchers. The further division into groups mostly follows the definitions provided in the World Catalogue of Dermestidae by Jirí Háva:

Species group "crustaceus"

Anthrenus crustaceus – Middle East, Africa, India
Anthrenus kaliki – Algeria
Anthrenus kabateki – Western Sahara
Anthrenus kubistai – Sudan
Anthrenus linnavuorii – Sudan
Anthrenus paulyi – West Africa
Anthrenus pushkini – Russia
Anthrenus senegalensis – Africa: Benin, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Anthrenus socotranus – Yemen

Species group "flavipes"

Anthrenus ardoi – Oman, United Arab Emirates
Anthrenus aterrimus – Kenya; Tanzania
Anthrenus bartolozzii – Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Tanzania
Anthrenus botswaniensis – Botswana
Anthrenus coacheorum – Senegal
Anthrenus cornelli – Tanzania
Anthrenus flavipes
*Anthrenus flavipes flavipes – Cosmopolitan
*Anthrenus flavipes albopunctatus – Afghanistan; Iran; Russia ; Syria; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
Anthrenus kantneri – Malawi; Mozambique; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Anthrenus katerinae – Angola; Namibia
Anthrenus klichai – Zambia
Anthrenus lilligi – Zimbabwe
Anthrenus lindbergi – Afghanistan; Pakistan
Anthrenus lopatini – Pakistan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan
Anthrenus maharashtranus – India
Anthrenus merkli – Kenya; Somalia; Tanzania
Anthrenus namibicus – Namibia
Anthrenus rauterbergi – Egypt
Anthrenus rotundulus – Turkey; Egypt; Afghanistan; Caucasus region ; Iran; Pakistan; Turkmenistan
Anthrenus safad – United Arab Emirates
Anthrenus seideli – Namibia
Anthrenus simonis – Turkey; Egypt; Libya; Tunisia; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Syria
Anthrenus x-signum – Corsica; Algeria; Egypt; Eritrea; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia; Israel; Jordan

Species group "maculatus"

Anthrenus maculatus – Mexico ; United States
Anthrenus pueblanus – Mexico
Anthrenus pulaskii – United States
Anthrenus umbra – Mexico ; United States

Species group "pimpinellae"">Anthrenus pimpinellae complex">Species group "pimpinellae"

Species belonging to Anthrenus pimpinellae complex could be hard to distinguish in field conditions due to often only minor differences in visual appearance between most species

Species group "scrophulariae"

Anthrenus bilyi – Armenia; Kyrgyzstan; Uzbekistan
Anthrenus chiton – United States
Anthrenus ethiopicus – Ethiopia; Kenya; South Africa
Anthrenus fucosus – United States
Anthrenus kenyaensis – Kenya; Namibia; Tanzania, Zimbabwe; South Africa ;
Anthrenus lepidus – Canada ; Mexico ; United States
Anthrenus miniopictus – Spain; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
Anthrenus picturatus
*Anthrenus picturatus picturatus – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey; Afghanistan, Caucasus region, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Introduced to Corsica and South Africa
*Anthrenus picturatus arabicus – Yemen
*Anthrenus picturatus hintoni – China ; Mongolia; Russia
*Anthrenus picturatus melanoleucus – Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Anthrenus scrophulariae
*Anthrenus scrophulariae scrophulariae – Europe, Asia, North America, Africa. Introduced to Australia and Chile.
*Anthrenus scrophulariae albidus – Southeast Europe, Turkey, Caucasus region, Syria, Uzbekistan
Anthrenus sophonisba – United States
Anthrenus thoracicus – United States

Species group "seminulum"

Anthrenus seminulum – Kenya; South Africa
Anthrenus tarnawskii – Botswana; Namibia; Zimbabwe; South Africa

Other (no grouping)

Anthrenus pacificus – French Polynesia
Anthrenus sparsutus – French Polynesia
Anthrenus semipallens – Spain
Anthrenus mumbaiensis – India