Anthrenus sophonisba

Anthrenus sophonisba
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Dermestidae
Tribe:	Anthrenini
Genus:	Anthrenus
Species:	A. sophonisba
Binomial name
Anthrenus sophonisba Beal, 1998

Anthrenus sophonisba is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is known from United States (Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah).[1][2]

Adult A. sophonisba. Head view

See also

• Anthrenus scrophulariae species group

Similar species:

• Anthrenus lepidus, from North America
• Anthrenus thoracicus and Anthrenus chiton, from United States
• Anthrenus scrophulariae, nearly cosmopolitan

References

1. Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
2. Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

Further reading

• 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.