# Helocerus

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{{short description|Subgenus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Anthrenus fuscus01.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Anthrenus fuscus](/source/Anthrenus_fuscus)'', a common species from the subgenus
| taxon = Helocerus
| authority = Mulsant & Rey, 1868
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}
'''''Helocerus''''' is a subgenus of the genus ''[Anthrenus](/source/Anthrenus)'' of the subfamily [Megatominae](/source/Megatominae) within the family of [skin beetles](/source/Dermestidae).<ref name=wd-genera/> Subgenus is distinguished by antennae with 5 segments (sometimes 6 in females).<ref name=coleonet-anthrenus/>

== Species ==
According to World Dermestidae catalogue, these species currently belong to subgenus ''Helocerus'':<ref name=wd-species/><ref name=dermestidae-herrmann/>
*''[Anthrenus cechovskyi](/source/Anthrenus_cechovskyi)'' <small>(Háva & Kadej, 2015)</small> – Nepal
*''[Anthrenus fuscus](/source/Anthrenus_fuscus)'' <small>(Olivier, 1789)</small> – Europe; North America (Canada, United States); Laos; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Morocco; Japan (Bonin Is.); Introduced to Indonesia (Sumatra); St. Helena Islands
*''[Anthrenus minutus](/source/Anthrenus_minutus)'' <small>(Erichson, 1846)</small> – Corsica; Portugal; Sardinia; Spain. Introduced to Sudan
*''[Anthrenus polonicus](/source/Anthrenus_polonicus)'' <small>(Mroczkowski, 1951)</small> – Belarus; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; "[Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia)"; United Kingdom; Estonia; Germany; Hungary; Latvia; Russia (Astrakhan, Dagestan, Krasnodar, Stavropol, Ural);  Ukraine; 

==References==
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<ref name=wd-genera>{{Cite web |last=Háva |first=Jiří |date=2023 |title=World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae |url=http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Genera-and-subgenera-division-of-Dermestidae.pdf |access-date=2 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240519054836/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Genera-and-subgenera-division-of-Dermestidae.pdf | archivedate= 19 May 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=wd-species>{{Cite web |last=Háva |first=Jiří |date=2023 |title=World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae |url=http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Subfamily-Megatominae.pdf#page=6 |access-date=2 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240602070250/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Subfamily-Megatominae.pdf#page=6| archivedate= 2 June 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=dermestidae-herrmann>{{Cite web |last=Herrmann |first=Andreas |date=2024 |title=Dermestidae (Abbildungen) |url=http://www.dermestidae.com/Abbildungen.html |access-date=2 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240602070649/http://www.dermestidae.com/Abbildungen.html| archivedate= 2 June 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=coleonet-anthrenus>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Anthrenus Bestimmungstabelle (Anthrenus identification table) |url=https://coleonet.de/coleo/texte/anthrenus.htm |access-date=12 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521045158/https://coleonet.de/coleo/texte/anthrenus.htm |archivedate= 21 May 2024 }}</ref>

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Category:Dermestidae
Category:Insect subgenera

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