Three new species of Anthrenus Geoffroy s. str. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from Jordan and Israel

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  • Graham J. Holloway Cole Museum of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, HLS Building, University of Reading, Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6UR, UK. E-mail: g.holloway@reading.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0495-0313

Keywords:

Biodiversity, beetles, Coleoptera, Dermestidae, new species, taxonomy, Israel, Jordan, Levant, East Mediterranean, Middle East, Palaearctic

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Anthrenus s. str. are described from the southern Levant: Anthrenus (Anthrenus) andreasi and A. (A.) illuminatus from Jordan, and A. (A.) yardenicus from Jordan and Israel. For each species images of head, habitus, ventrites, antennae, aedeagus, sternite IX and internal features from females are illustrated. The species are compared with all similar species from the region to ensure species validity. The study brings the number of Anthrenus s. str. species known from Jordan to eleven.

To cite: Holloway, G.J. 2026. Three new species of Anthrenus Geoffroy s. str. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from Jordan and Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology 55: 147–159. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21668164
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Anthernus s. str. yardenicus Holloway, 2026

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2026-07-30

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Vol. 55 (2026)

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