Helocerus

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Helocerus
File:Anthrenus fuscus01.jpg
Anthrenus fuscus, a common species from the subgenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Anthrenus
Subgenus: Helocerus
Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Species

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Helocerus is a subgenus of the genus Anthrenus of the subfamily Megatominae within the family of skin beetles.[1] Subgenus is distinguished by antennae with 5 segments (sometimes 6 in females).[2]

Species

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According to World Dermestidae catalogue, these species currently belong to subgenus Helocerus:[3][4]

  • Anthrenus cechovskyi (Háva & Kadej, 2015) – Nepal
  • Anthrenus fuscus (Olivier, 1789) – Europe; North America (Canada, United States); Laos; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Morocco; Japan (Bonin Is.); Introduced to Indonesia (Sumatra); St. Helena Islands
  • Anthrenus minutus (Erichson, 1846) – Corsica; Portugal; Sardinia; Spain. Introduced to Sudan
  • Anthrenus polonicus (Mroczkowski, 1951) – Belarus; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; "Yugoslavia"; United Kingdom; Estonia; Germany; Hungary; Latvia; Russia (Astrakhan, Dagestan, Krasnodar, Stavropol, Ural); Ukraine;

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