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Anthrenus (Anthrenus) tigrinellus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), a new species from Afghanistan

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new species, Anthrenus (Anthrenus) tigrinellus Holloway (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) is described from Afghanistan and compared with A. flavipes (LeConte, 1854) and A. flavidulus Reitter, 1889, the most likely confounding species from the region. Differentiation is performed using genital structure since color pattern could be subject to plasticity, as noted in several Dermestidae. Images of habitus, ventrites, antenna, and male and female genital structures are presented. Seven species of subgenus Anthrenus Geoffroy are now recorded from Afghanistan.

Source: Insecta mundi

DOI: 10.64338/im.1144.rciig

Author: Graham J. Holloway

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: W4414556245

FWCI: 1.915

Cites: 2

Cited by: 2

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