Biology:Setapeacockia

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Setapeacockia is a subgenus of the genus Anthrenus of the subfamily Megatominae within the family of skin beetles.[1]

The taxonomic name is a composite of words seta and subgenus name Peacockia (referring to the shared unusual body characteristics).[2]

Description

Species have antennae with 6 segments, parallel body shape, 2.3 - 2.7 mm in length (smaller than Peacockia). Dorsal surface is covered with scales.

In females, only the 5th abdominal sternite is covered in setae (in males, visible abdominal sternites I-V are covered with scales).[2][3]

Species

There are currently 2 species in the subgenus which previously belonged to subgenus Peacockia:[4][5][2]

  • Anthrenus mendax (Háva, 2006) – Iran
  • Anthrenus taricus (Zhantiev, 2006) – India (Rajastan); Iran; Pakistan

See also

References

  1. ↑ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae". Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240519054836/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Genera-and-subgenera-division-of-Dermestidae.pdf. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Háva, Jiří (2008). "Description of a new subgenus Setapeacockia subgen. nov. of the genus Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Anthrenini) from Central Asia". Latvijas entomologs 45: 43–45. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240612140145/http://leb.daba.lv/45-h.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "Anthrenus Bestimmungstabelle (Anthrenus identification table)". 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240521045158/https://coleonet.de/coleo/texte/anthrenus.htm. 
  4. ↑ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240602070250/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Subfamily-Megatominae.pdf#page=6. 
  5. ↑ Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240602070649/http://www.dermestidae.com/Abbildungen.html. 

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