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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Anthrenini » Phradonoma » Phradonoma nobile

Species Phradonoma nobile

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Another tiny beetle on Mesquite - Phradonoma nobile

Dermestid on roadside sunflower - Phradonoma nobile

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)

Tribe Anthrenini

Genus Phradonoma

Species nobile (Phradonoma nobile)

Explanation of Names

Phradonoma (Phradonoma) nobile (Reitter 1881)

Identification

adult habitus

Range

AZ, w. TX, introduction from the Palaearctic (native range: Mediterranean to C. Asia & S. Africa(1))

Remarks

first record in NA: AZ 2009 (1)

Print References

Háva et al. 2011 in Col. Bull. (1)

Gary D. Ouellette, Jiří Háva. 2022. New Distribution Record for Phradonoma nobile (Reitter) in West Texas, USA," Southwestern Entomologist, 47(2): 507-510.

Works Cited

1.	Háva J. (2018) World catalogue of the Dermestidae

Contributed by v belov on 16 May, 2015 - 11:46am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 November, 2022 - 9:34am

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