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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Attageninae » Attagenini » Black Carpet Beetles (Attagenus) » Attagenus brunneus

Species Attagenus brunneus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

My basment office beetles - Attagenus brunneus

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Attagenus Carpet Beetle - Attagenus brunneus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)

Subfamily Attageninae

Tribe Attagenini

Genus Attagenus (Black Carpet Beetles)

Species brunneus (Attagenus brunneus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Attagenus elongatulus Casey 1900(1) (name used in(2)) and many others synonyms

Explanation of Names

Attagenus brunneus Faldermann 1835

Size

2.9–5 mm(3)

Identification

Differs from the very similar A. unicolor in the following: antennal club in male distinctly longer than remainder of antenna (about as long in unicolor), antennae often completely pale (always terminally infuscate in unicolor); elytra brown, hind margin of pronotum with distinct fringe of pale hairs (often black, pronotum without fringe of hairs in unicolor).

Range

native to w. Palaearctic (the Mediterranean & the Caucasus)(4), adventive in NA and widespread in the US(5)(6)

Habitat

found regularly in houses(5)

Food

infests a variety of plant and animal materials, including woolens, felt, and processed foods (dried buttermilk, dried milk, peanuts)(3)

Internet References

Dermestidae.com - Andreas Herrmann

Works Cited

1.	World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Jiří Háva. 2003. Studie a zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Brandýs n. Labem 2003 Supplementum 1.

2.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

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

4.	Coleoptera Poloniae

5.	Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.

6.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 9 July, 2007 - 12:35pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2017 - 1:41pm

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