Anthrenus (Nathrenus) turneri (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), a new species from South Africa

Holloway, G. J. (2025) Anthrenus (Nathrenus) turneri (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), a new species from South Africa. Insecta Mundi, 1154. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1942-1354 doi: 10.64338/im.1154.vfdny

Abstract/Summary

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 Háva, 2004 and A. margarethae Háva and Kadej, 2006, both South African species. Images of genitalia, antenna, and habitus are presented. Anthrenus turneri represents the fifteenth Nathrenus species described from South Africa.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/129353
Identification Number/DOI	10.64338/im.1154.vfdny
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Central Services > Academic and Governance Services > University Museums and Special Collections
Publisher	Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
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