Anthrenus picturatus is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. The species is usually known from regions of Russia, Eastern Europe and Asia (from Turkey to China).[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Genus: | Anthrenus |
| Subgenus: | Anthrenus |
| Species: | A. picturatus
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| Anthrenus picturatus (Solsky, 1876)
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Currently, 4 subspecies are being recognized with the following distribution:[1]
- Anthrenus picturatus picturatus (Solsky, 1876) – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey; Afghanistan, Caucasus region, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Introduced to Corsica and South Africa (Pretoria)
- Anthrenus picturatus arabicus (Háva & Herrmann, 2006) – Yemen
- Anthrenus picturatus hintoni (Mroczkowski, 1952) – China (Beijing, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shangdong, Sichuan, Xinjiang); Mongolia; Russia (Stavropol)
- Anthrenus picturatus melanoleucus (Solsky, 1876) – Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
A subspecies Anthrenus picturatus makolskii (Mroczkowski, 1950) was previously recognized but it is now considered as synonym of Anthrenus picturatus picturatus.[1]
See also
editSimilar species:
- Anthrenus kenyaensis and Anthrenus ethiopicus, from Africa
- Anthrenus scrophulariae, cosmopolitan
- Anthrenus lepidus, from North America
References
edit- ^ a b c Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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