Anthrenus (Anthrenus) munroi Hinton, 1943

Nardi, Gianluca & Hava, Jiri, 2013, Italian Dermestidae: notes on some species and an updated checklist (Coleoptera), ZooKeys 360, pp. 45-81 : 56-57

Anthrenus (Anthrenus) munroi Hinton, 1943

Anthrenus munroi Hint.: Angelini 1986: 73; Angelini and Montemurro 1986: 573; Angelini 1987: 37.

Anthrenus (Anthrenus) munroi Hinton, 1943: Háva and Nardi 2011: 425.

Material examined.

Tuscany: [Livorno prov.], Is. [= Isola = Island] d’Elba, dint. Marina di Campo, 15-17.VI.1999, Abbazzi, Bartolozzi, Lo Cascio & Sforzi leg., 1 ♂ (MZUF).

Chorotype.

Mediterranean (eastwards as far as Ukraine, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel), with extension to Hungary and Portugal (cf. Kadej et al. 2007, Háva and Nardi 2011).

Italian distribution.

Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria ( Angelini 1986, Angelini and Montemurro 1986, Angelini 1987) and Sardinia ( Háva and Nardi 2011).

Remarks.

First record for central Italy; this new site is the northernmost in Italy. The species also occurs in the facing Corsica (cf. Háva and Nardi 2011).

Anthrenus (Anthrenus) pimpinellae pimpinellae (Fabricius, 1775) and Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767) were the sole congeneric species previously recorded from Elba Island ( Holdhaus 1923, as Anthrenus pimpinellae F. and Anthrenus verbasci L.; Luigioni 1929, Porta 1929, both as Anthrenus (Anthrenus) pimpinellae Fabr. and Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci Lin.)