Anthrenus ceylonicus

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Anthrenus ceylonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Bostrichoidea
Family:
Dermestidae
Genus:
Anthrenus
Species:
A. ceylonicus
Binomial name
Anthrenus ceylonicus
Kadej & Háva, 2006

Anthrenus ceylonicus, is a species of skin beetle found in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]

Description

Body length is about 2.15 to 2.7 mm. [3] Body strongly convex, oval, and covered with scales. Eyes are big and convex. Frons possess pseudoocelli, which are covered with light brown scales. Antenna light brown in color, with 10-segments. Antennae covered with dense light-brown pubescence. Elytra clothed with creamy grey scales. The three transverse fasciae in elytra are divided to spots. Dorsal and ventral surface of integument are dark brown. Both dorsum and ventrum are slightly punctuated, and covered with grey and light brown scales. Pronotum clothed with light brown and creamy grey scales. Elytra covered with creamy grey and light brown scales in a pattern. On th dorsal surface of ventrum, light brownish scales are interspersed with creamy grey small patches. Legs brown, and dorsally covered with grey scales. In male genitalia, aedeagus wide posteriorly, with curved apex. Parameres are broad with few short setae. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Anthrenus ceylonicus Kadej & Háva, 2006". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  2. ↑ Háva, Jiří; Kadej, Marcin (December 2014). "Contribution to Knowledge of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Afghanistan with Description of Three New Species". Florida Entomologist. pp. 1414–1423. doi:10.1653/024.097.0416 . Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Anthrenus ceylonicus Háva & Kadej, 2006". www.dermestidae.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. ↑ "Description of four new species of Anthrenus O. F. Müller, 1764 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthrenini)". Taxonomy of Dermestidae: Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 75(3). Retrieved 2021-08-08.


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