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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Anthrenini » Carpet Beetles (Anthrenus)
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Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus
Copyright © 2012 Richard Migneault

Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
May 15, 2012
Size: 3,1mm
Could someone tells which species or genus?

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Contributed by Richard Migneault on 14 December, 2012 - 9:13am
Last updated 23 January, 2013 - 5:05pm

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… Richard Migneault, 23 January, 2013 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Anthrenus species
Vassili is correct, this is a denuded specimen of Anthrenus.
… Christopher Majka, 23 January, 2013 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

looks kinda like Orphilus...
which is now in Nosodendridae and not Dermestidae...
… Blaine Mathison, 14 December, 2012 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

 
the barenaked dorsum does make it look like Orphilus
[which, if memory serves me, is back in the Dermestidae --deservedly]
but i strongly suspect this one to be nothing but a totally denuded Anthrenus (tough life, eh?); a closeup of an antenna would help confirm
… v belov, 14 December, 2012 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

 
I will try to have these ante
I will try to have these antenna out and have a closeup... but it is so small!
… Richard Migneault, 14 December, 2012 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

 
i know it's pain... but what can we do...
we can't make bugs grow bigger --nor do we want to [imagine the devastation in zoological collections!!]
… v belov, 14 December, 2012 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
Well, no pain for this time,
Well, no pain for this time, I check it out to find that I don't have the specimen anymore. Last time I worked on it, it just broked apart..
… Richard Migneault, 14 December, 2012 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Blaine, make more sens
Thanks Blaine, make more sens... sorry!
… Richard Migneault, 14 December, 2012 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

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