Anthrenus coloratus

Anthrenus coloratus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Dermestidae
Genus:	Anthrenus
Subgenus:	Anthrenops
Species:	A. coloratus
Binomial name
Anthrenus coloratus Reitter, 1881 [1]

Anthrenus coloratus, the Asian carpet beetle, ^[2] is a beetle species in the family Dermestidae. It is known from Asia, Europe, Africa, North America (Mexico, United States) and it has been introduced in Ecuador. ^{[3] [4]}

References

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1. Reitter, E. (1880). "Bestimnrangstabellen der europäischen Celeopteren. III. Enthaltend die Familien Scaphidiidae, Lathridiidae und Dermestidae". Verh. Kaiserl.-König. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 30: 91.
2. "Anthrenus coloratus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
3. Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
4. Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Beal, R. S. Jr. (2003). "Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 57, no. 4, 391–404.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.