Anthrenus thoracicus is a species of carpet beetle that is present in United States, including such states as: Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Tribe: | Anthrenini |
| Genus: | Anthrenus |
| Species: | A. thoracicus
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| Anthrenus thoracicus Melsheimer, 1844
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See also
editSimilar species:
- Anthrenus scrophulariae, nearly cosmopolitan
- Anthrenus sophonisba, from United States
- Anthrenus chiton, from United States
References
edit- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Háva, Jirí (2003). "World catalogue of the Dermestidae". Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East Supplement. 1: 1–196.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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