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Found in wasp and spider nests, insect collections, seeds, and various plant products. (BugGuide)
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Asian Carpet Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/29/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Asian Carpet Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/29/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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An Asian Carpet Beetle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (12/7/2020).
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Source: Wikipedia
Anthrenus coloratus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Dermestidae |
Genus: | Anthrenus |
Subgenus: | Anthrenops |
Species: | A. coloratus
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Binomial name | |
Anthrenus coloratus Reitter, 1881[1]
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Anthrenus coloratus, the Asian carpet beetle,[2] is a beetle species in the family Dermestidae. It is known from Asia, Europe, Africa, North America (Mexico, United States) and it has been introduced in Ecuador.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Reitter, E. (1880). "Bestimnrangstabellen der europäischen Celeopteren. III. Enthaltend die Familien Scaphidiidae, Lathridiidae und Dermestidae". Verh. Kaiserl.-König. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 30: 91.
- ^ "Anthrenus coloratus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Beal, R. S. Jr. (2003). "Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 57, no. 4, 391–404.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.