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Anthrenus coloratus

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Anthrenus coloratus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Anthrenus
Subgenus: Anthrenops
Species:
A. coloratus
Binomial name
Anthrenus coloratus
Reitter, 1881[1]

Anthrenus coloratus is a species in the family Dermestidae ("carpet beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles"). The species is known generally as the "Asian carpet beetle".[2] It is known from Asia, Europe, Africa, North America (Mexico, United States) and it has been introduced in Ecuador.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Reitter, E. (1880). "Bestimnrangstabellen der europäischen Celeopteren. III. Enthaltend die Familien Scaphidiidae, Lathridiidae und Dermestidae". Verh. Kaiserl.-König. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 30: 91.
  2. ^ "Anthrenus coloratus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ^ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

Further reading

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  • 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.