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Anthrenus (Anthrenus) sexmaculatus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), a new species from Turkmenistan

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new species, Anthrenus (Anthrenus) sexmaculatus Holloway and Herrmann (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from Turkmenistan is described and compared with A. indicus Kadej and Hava, 2007, A. latefasciatus Reitter, 1892, and A. delicatus Kiesenwetter, 1851, the three most likely confounding species because of geographical overlap and external similarity. Images of the habitus, ventrites, antenna, aedeagus, and sternite IX are presented. Anthrenus sexmaculatus is the twenty-ninth Palaearctic Anthrenus pimpinellae (Fabricius, 1775) group species to be described.

Source: Insecta mundi

DOI: 10.64338/im.1119.o8sjl

Authors: Graham J. Holloway, Andreas Herrmann

Language: English

Topic: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4412677886

FWCI: 1.915

Cites: 7

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10