Anthrenus pimpinellae complex

Anthrenus pimpinellae complex
Anthrenus pimpinellae
Anthrenus isabellinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Dermestidae
Genus:	Anthrenus
Subgenus:	Anthrenus
Species group:	Anthrenus pimpinellae complex
Species
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Anthrenus pimpinellae complex is a group of closely related species from subgenus Anthrenus . Most species that currently belong to the group were previously assigned as subspecies of Anthrenus pimpinellae . ^[1]

Species

According to various sources, such as World Dermestidae catalogue and new research, these species currently belong to the group: ^{[1] [2]}

• Anthrenus almatyensis (Háva, 2018) – Kazakhstan ^[3]
• Anthrenus amandae (Holloway, 2019) – Spain (Mallorca)
• Anthrenus angustefasciatus (Ganglbauer, 1904) – Europe (Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland); Turkey; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• Anthrenus corona (Holloway, 2021) – Armenia; Austria; Bosnia; Bulgaria; Croatia; Georgia; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Macedonia; Montenegro; Portugal; Romania; Serbia; Sicily; Spain; Turkey; ^[4] Iran; Jordan; Syria
• Anthrenus delicatus (Kiesenwetter, 1851) – Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece (with Crete), Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain; Caucasus region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia); North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia); Middle East (Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iran)
• Anthrenus farsicus (Kadej & Háva, 2011) – Iran (Fars, Kerman)
• Anthrenus festivus (Erichson, 1846) – Europe: Austria, France, Germany, Portugal, Italy (only Sardinia and Sicily), Spain (with Balearic Islands), Switzerland; North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia) and Israel. Possibly in Cyprus
• Anthrenus flavidulus (Reitter, 1889) - Caucasus region (including Armenia); Middle East (Turkey, Iran, Syria, Jordan)
  • Anthrenus miniatulus (Reitter, 1899) (junior synonym) – Turkey; Jordan; Syria
• Anthrenus goliath (Saulcy in Mulsant & Rey, 1868) - North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia). Possibly in Libya and Syria
• Anthrenus hoberlandti (Kadej, Háva & Kalík, 2007) – Iran
• Anthrenus indicus (Kadej, Háva & Kalík, 2007) – India (Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Ladakh); Pakistan
• Anthrenus isabellinus (Küster, 1848) – France; Greece; Italy; Mallorca; Malta; Portugal, Spain; Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia; Israel. Introduced to United States (East) ^[5]
• Anthrenus kafkai (Kadej & Háva, 2011) – Iran
• Anthrenus latefasciatus (Reitter, 1892) – Russia (South-West and Far East); China (North); Turkey; Afghanistan; Caucasus region; Iran; Mongolia; North Korea; Pakistan; Syria; Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
• Anthrenus mesopotamicus (Háva, 2001) – Iran; Iraq; Syria
• Anthrenus mroczkowskii (Kalík, 1954) – Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Corsica; Crete; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Macedonia; Slovenia; Turkey; Lebanon
• Anthrenus munroi (Hinton, 1943) – Bulgaria; Corsica; Cyprus; France; Greece; Italy; Macedonia; Portugal; Sardinia; Spain; Turkey; Ukraine (Crimea); Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria
• Anthrenus nipponensis (Kalík & Ohbayashi, 1985) – Northern China and bordering territories in Russia; Japan; North Korea;
• Anthrenus oceanicus (Fauvel, 1903) – China (Guangdong, Jiangsu); India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu); Indonesia (Java, Madura); Malaysia; Pakistan; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Australia; Cook Islands; French Polynesia (Tahiti); New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea, United States (Hawaiian Islands). Introduced to parts of Europe and Africa: Czech Republic; United Kingdom; Malta; Egypt; Congo; Mauritius; Nigeria; Reunion; Tanzania
• Anthrenus pfefferi (Kalík, 1954) – Croatia; Greece (with Crete); Italy
• Anthrenus pimpinellae (Fabricius, 1775) - Europe (from France to Southwest Russia). The species is still noted in other parts of the world: ^[1] Asia, North Africa, Australia, United States. However, these additional records are disputed and do not provide reliable information on the distribution of the species, ^[6] as they come from historical misidentification of related species within the complex, rather than accurate records of A. pimpinellae
• Anthrenus similaris (Kadej, Háva & Kalík, 2007) – Iran; Turkmenistan
• Anthrenus smetanai (Kadej & Háva, 2011) – Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• Anthrenus warchalowskii (Kadej, Háva & Kalík, 2007) – Iran
• Anthrenus chikatunovi (Holloway, 2020) – Southern France, Spain ^{[7] [2]}
• Anthrenus bakaloudisi (Holloway, Thanasoulias & Herrmann, 2024) – Greece (Macedonia) ^[8]
• Anthrenus muehlei (Holloway & Herrmann, 2024) – Iran ^[9]

References

1. Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
2. Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
3. Háva, Jiří (2018). "Anthrenus (Anthrenus) almatyensis sp. nov. from Kazakhstan (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae)" (PDF). Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series. 14 (2): 255–258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-26.
4. Graham Holloway (24 June 2021). "Anthrenus (s. str.) corona (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Anthrenini): a new species in the A. pimpinellae Fabricius, 1775 complex from Turkey". Zootaxa . 4991 (3): 555–560. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4991.3.7. ISSN   1175-5334. Wikidata   Q110666897.
5. E Richard Hoebeke; A G Wheeler (1990). "Anthrenus pimpinellae var. isabellinus Küster, New to the Eastern United States (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 44 (1): 67–68. ISSN   0010-065X. JSTOR   4008670. Wikidata   Q94268954.
6. Holloway, Graham; Maclure, Calum; Foster, Christopher (2023). "Palaearctic distributions of Anthrenus pimpinellae (Fabricius) and Anthrenus isabellinus Küster (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 159: 239–244. doi:10.31184/M00138908.1594.4207 . Retrieved 2024-06-18.
7. Holloway, Graham (2020). "Anthrenus (s. str.) chikatunovi (Coleoptera: Dermestidae): A new species from southern France". Israel Journal of Entomology. 50: 69–75. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4088743 . Retrieved 2024-06-02.
8. Holloway, Graham; Thanasoulias, George; Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "A new species Anthrenus bakaloudisi sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Megatominae) from Macedonia, Greece and comparison with Anthrenus pfefferi Kalík, 1954, Anthrenus delicatus Kiesenwetter, 1851, and Anthrenus warchalowskii Kadej, Háva & Kalík, 2007". Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 23: 41–50. doi:10.59893/bjc.23(1).003 . Retrieved 2024-06-18.
9. Holloway, Graham; Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Anthrenus (Anthrenus) muehlei, a new species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from Iran". Insecta Mundi. 1035: 1–6. Retrieved 2024-06-02.