Anthrenus caucasicus is a species of carpet beetle in the subgenus Florilinus of the genus Anthrenus, family Dermestidae. It is known from the Caucasus region (including Armenia and Georgia), Iran, and Turkmenistan. It has been introduced to Austria, Latvia, Poland, and Slovakia.[2][3]

Anthrenus caucasicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Anthrenus
Subgenus: Florilinus
Species:
A. caucasicus
Binomial name
Anthrenus caucasicus
Reitter, 1881[1]
Synonyms
  • Anthrenus armeniacus Zaitzev, 1919

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: 92–93.
  2. ^ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ^ Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.