Anthrenus ardoi

Anthrenus ardoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Anthrenus
Subgenus: Anthrenus
Species:
A. ardoi
Binomial name
Anthrenus ardoi
Kadej & Háva, 2011

Anthrenus (Anthrenus) ardoi is a species of carpet beetle found in Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Taxonomy

Marcin Kadej and Jiří Háva described the species in 2011. The male holotype was collected by Paul Ardö at Ghuzayn on the Al Khaburah–Ibri road, Oman, on 10 April 1985, and is held in the Lund University zoological collections (MZLU). The species is named after Ardö, who collected the type series.: 652 

Description

The body is about 2.0 mm long, convex and rounded, with brown integument. The antennae have eleven antennomeres with a three-segmented club. Each elytron bears an oval white patch beside the suture at its base, followed by three irregularly interrupted white transverse patches. The pronotum has a mixture of light brown, dark brown and white scales. The tibiae lack spines.: 654 

It differs from A. cervenkai and A. coloratus (nine antennomeres) and from A. malkini (ten) by its eleven antennomeres. It resembles some forms of A. namibicus and A. flavipes.: 653 

Distribution

It was first recorded in the United Arab Emirates from Wadi Heyl in 2010.: 569  It was later recorded in Yemen, near Sheikh Othman and 20 km south of Taiz.: 67 

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.
  3. 1 2 Háva, J. (2017). "A contribution to the knowledge of Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 from Yemen and Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Anthrenini)" (PDF). Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series. 13 (1): 63–69.
  4. 1 2 3 Kadej, M.; Háva, J. (2011). "A new species of Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Oman, with a key to related species". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 118 (4): 651–657. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117820.
  5. ↑ Háva, J.; Herrmann, A.; Kadej, M. (2015). "New faunistic records of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) – Part 14" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 14 (6): 568–570.