Peacockia

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Peacockia
NHMUK014092710 Anthrenus Peacockia vladimiri Menier & Viillemant whole dorsal X 2.0.jpg
Anthrenus vladimiri , the only known species of the subgenus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Anthrenus
Subgenus: Peacockia
Menier & Villemant, 1993
Species

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Peacockia is a subgenus of the genus Anthrenus of the subfamily Megatominae within the family of skin beetles. Only one African species is currently described. [1]

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Description

Species have antennae with 6 segments, parallel body shape, 5.0 - 7.1 mm in length (bigger than Setapeacockia ). Dorsal surface is covered with scales. [2]

In females, all visible abdominal sternites are covered by scales. [3]

Species

There is only one species in the subgenus, with previous members being transferred to related subgenus Setapeacockia (Háva, 2008): [4] [5]

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References

  1. Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. Háva, Jiří (2008). "Description of a new subgenus Setapeacockia subgen. nov. of the genus Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Anthrenini) from Central Asia" (PDF). Latvijas entomologs. 45: 43–45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2024.
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