Graham J. Holloway

A new species, Anthrenus (Anthrenus) mahieae (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), from California, U.S.A. is described and compared with Anthrenus lepidus LeConte. Images of habitus (dorsal and ventral), scale structure, antenna, aedeagus, and (male) sternite IX are presented. Anthrenus mahieae differs from A. lepidus in the structure of the genitalia, the structure of the antennal club, and the brightness of the pale patches of scales on the outer pronotal angles and ventrites.

Subgenus Anthrenodes Chobaut (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthrenus Geofroy) contains variable species types, including several species with slim antennae, no notch on the inner eye margin, and small, triangular aedeagi. Previous studies on Anthrenodes species bearing these features found they also contained large sclerites within the bursa copulatrix. Te aims of this study were to establish whether all Anthrenodes species bearing these characteristics have large sclerites within the bursa copulatrix, and in the process describe new species and add new images to existing species descriptions. In all cases, images of external and internal features are provided. Tree new species: Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) gracilius, Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) monsus, and Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) afghanicus are described from Jordan or Afghanistan. Te descriptions of three further species: A. (A.) distinctus Kadej and Háva, A. (A.) klapperichi Kadej and Háva, and A. (A.) semenovi Mroczkowski are enhanced with additional images. For comparative purposes and completeness, A. (A.) bicolor Holloway, A. (A.) prietoi Holloway, and A. (A.) sarnicus Mroczkowski are included in the study. All species studied had sets of large, complex sclerites in the bursa copulatrix with considerable inter-species variation in structure. Te function of these sclerites and the range of species likely to contain them are discussed.

The Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of Jordan and Egypt are poorly known, and the current study represents the first extensive consideration of Anthrenops Reitter, 1881 (a subgenus of Anthrenus Geoffroy) in Jordan and Egypt. Three new species of Anthrenops are described: Anthrenus (Anthrenops) pinnigeri, from Jordan and Egypt, Anthrenus (Anthrenops) carbonarius from Jordan, and Anthrenus (Anthrenops) rufus from Egypt. Previously, only three species of Anthrenops had been definitively recorded from Jordan (A. coloratus Reitter, A. eichleri Kadej and Háva and A. funiculus Holloway) and one species from Egypt (A. coloratus). Therefore, comparisons between previously described species and the new species are extended to include Anthrenops species from Iran, a region that has been more thoroughly studied. Images of habitus, ventrites, antennae, and genitalia are presented. It is concluded that none of the previously described Anthrenops species resemble any of the new species described here. New records of A. coloratus, A. eichleri and Dermestes intermedius Kalík for Jordan are noted.

In 2007, a review of the Anthrenus pimpinellae species group was published, a highly significant paper in the context of the current study, in which 16 species were listed. Much work has been carried out on the A. pimpinellae group since then and the species list now stands at 36. Tree new species are described in the current study: Anthrenus callaghanae, Anthrenus citrinus, and Anthrenus strejceki, and images of external and internal features are provided. Additionally, A. kafai Kadej and Háva, 2011 is designated as a new junior synonym of A. favidulus Reitter, 1889. For each species in the review, comments relating to taxonomy and distribution are included. Species are categorized into diferent lineages based on aedeagal structure, some¬times supplemented with other characters. An identification key to the lineages is presented.

Four new species: Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) prietoi, Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) vorsti, Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) faillei, and Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) tenebrosus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) are described from Jordan and compared with other Anthrenodes Chobaut species from Jordan and surrounding region. Images of habitus and genital characteristics are provided.

Two new species, Attagenus balearicus Holloway and Herrmann, and Attagenus vitalii Holloway and Herrmann (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) are described from Ibiza (Spain) and France, re-spectively, and compared with A. trifasciatus (Fabricius, 1787). Diferentiation is based on male and female genital structure and associated characters as well as external features such as antennal structure and habitus coloration. Images of habitus, ventrites, antenna, and male and female genital structures are presented. Te new species described are more examples of edge of range species in Dermestidae. Attagenus balearicus was collected from the Balearics and might represent another island endemic along with other recently described species from the region.

A new species, Anthrenus (Florilinus) pintilioaiei Holloway and Herrmann (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), is described from Romania and compared with all other species of European Florilinus Mulsant and Rey, 1868. Most European Florilinus species could be eliminated based solely on dorsal color pattern. Differentiation from A. caucasicus Reitter, A. museorum (Linnaeus), and A. olgae Kalik is established using genital structure, antennal structure, and color pattern. Images of habitus, ventrites, antenna, and genitalia are presented. Nine species of subgenus Florilinus are now recorded from Europe.

A new species, Anthrenus (Nathrenus) turneri Holloway (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), is described from South Africa and compared with other Nathrenus Casey, 1900 species from the same region. South African Nathrenus species are understudied, but of the known species, many could be eliminated as confounding species based on color pattern. The new species is compared with A. boyesi Hava, 2004 and A. margarethae Hava and Kadej, 2006, both South African species. Images of genitalia, antenna, and habitus arepresented. Anthrenus turneri represents the fifteenth Nathrenus species described from South Africa.

A new species, Anthrenus (Anthrenus) tigrinellus Holloway (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) is described from Afghanistan and compared with A. flavipes (LeConte, 1854) and A. flavidulus Reitter, 1889, the most likely confounding species from the region. Differentiation is performed using genital structure since color pattern could be subject to plasticity, as noted in several Dermestidae. Images of habitus, ventrites, antenna, and male and female genital structures are presented. Seven species of subgenus Anthrenus Geoffroy are now recorded from Afghanistan.