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Genus Attagenus - Black Carpet Beetles

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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 Attagenini
Genus Attagenus (Black Carpet Beetles)
Other Common Names
Fur Beetles
Explanation of Names
Attagenus Latreille 1802
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(1), ~200 total
Range
worldwide
Print References
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by tom murray on 24 May, 2005 - 5:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 April, 2023 - 10:12pm

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