Anthrenus museorum
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Description
Anthrenus museorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Debert, 13.v.1996, J. Ogden, JOC. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Brackley, 9.vii.1983, M.E.M. Smith, ACPE; Charlottetown, 16.ii.1996 and 11.iv.1997, M.E.M. Smith, (2), ACPE; Cornwall, summer 1998, M.E.M. Smith, (3), ACPE.
An introduced Palearctic species, newly recorded in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the Maritime Provinces as a whole (Fig. 4). In the USA recorded from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin (Beal 2003); in Canada known from Ontario, Québec, and Newfoundland (Bousquet 1991). A household pest; larvae are found on wool, fur, skins, and other animal products; also on museum specimens and insect collections. Like other species in the genus, adults feed on nectar and pollen, mate in the field, and fly indoors to oviposit (Bousquet 1990).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ACPE , JOC
- Event date
- 1983-07-09 , 1996-05-13
- Family
- Dermestidae
- Genus
- Anthrenus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- museorum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1983-07-09 , 1996-05-13
- Taxonomic concept label
- Anthrenus museorum (Linnaeus, 1761) sec. Majka, 2007
References
- Beal, R. S., Jr. (2003) Annotated checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with revised key to the genera. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 57 (4), 391 - 404.
- Bousquet, Y. (1990) Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: an identification guide. Agriculture Canada Research Branch, Ottawa, Ontario. Publication 1837, 1 - 215.