Species Anthrenus pimpinellae - not in NA -- page to be deleted

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Anthrenus (Carpet Beetles)

No Taxon (Subgenus Anthrenus)

Species pimpinellae (not in NA -- page to be deleted)

Explanation of Names

Anthrenus pimpinellae (Fabricius 1775)

Numbers

3 subspecies recognized(1)

Size

2-4.5 mm(2)

Identification

Scales of dorsal surface black, white and red (or yellow). White scales forming some small spots, and a wide transverse band in anteriour half of elytra. Eyes notched in front, antennae 11-segmented, with club of 3 segments.

Range

Native to the Palaearctic region, now almost cosmopolitan(2); widespread across the US + BC

Habitat

indoors and outdoors: larvae in bird nests, adults on flowers in the spring, then move to bird nests or indoors(2)

Food

Adults feed on pollen and nectar; in bird nests, larvae feed on feathers, dead nestlings, or insect remains; indoors, they can damage dried fish, woolens, and other animal materials(2)

Remarks

Anthrenus pimpinellae of American authors was found conspecific with A. dorsatus Mulsant & Rey 1868, synonymous with A. isabellinus Küster 1848, formerly considered a form of A. pimpinellae; A. pimpinellae (Fabricius 1775) is now treated as a separate species that probably does not occur in North America(3)

Works Cited

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

2.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

3.	Anthrenus dorsatus new to the United States and a comparison with Anthrenus pimpinellae ssp. pimpinellae (Col: Dermestidae) Holloway, G. J., et al. 2020. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 93(2): 153 - 163.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 28 May, 2007 - 4:19am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 June, 2023 - 3:30pm

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