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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Anthrenini » Carpet Beetles (Anthrenus) » Subgenus Anthrenus (Anthrenus Subgenus Anthrenus) » Anthrenus sophonisba
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Dermestid - Anthrenus sophonisba
Copyright © 2007 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Dermestid - Anthrenus sophonisba
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness Area, San Ramon, Contra Costa County, California, USA
May 21, 2007
Looks like a Dermestid, but nothing seems to match. Maybe a western ilk of Anthrenus?
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 21 May, 2007 - 9:08pm
Last updated 22 May, 2007 - 3:36am

species page installed
. . . perfect match to image on specialist´s webpage.
… Boris Büche, 22 May, 2007 - 3:36am login or register to post comments

If you've got time,
go to this Web site, scroll down to Anthrenus, and start clicking your way through all the images to see if you can find it.
… Jim McClarin, 21 May, 2007 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Anthrenus sophonisba
see this
http://www.dermestidae.com/Anthrenussophonisba.html
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 21 May, 2007 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
More info
According to the California Beetle Project, there are specimens in the literature from Contra Costa County.
Click here for full information.
… Chuck Entz, 22 May, 2007 - 12:14am login or register to post comments

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