| Dermestes peruvianus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Genus: | Dermestes |
| Species: | D. peruvianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dermestes peruvianus Laporte, 1840
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Dermestes peruvianus, the Peruvian larder beetle, is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found in North America and Europe.[1][2][3]
This species looks very similar to the species Dermestes haemorrhoidalis. Dermestes peruvianus can be distinguished from this species by the following traits: The pubescence on the elytra is predominantly pale yellow, short, fine and recumbent. The pubescence do not extend as a fringe beyond the lateral margins of the elytra. The satae on the head are inclined anteriad (towards mandibles) and inwards towards a central line between the eyes. The metepimeron does not have a posterior lateral spine.[4]
References
- ^ "Dermestes peruvianus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Dermestes peruvianus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Dermestes peruvianus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Adults and larvae of hide, larder and carped beetles and their relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of derodontid beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Volume 5, Part 3 (PDF). Royal Entomological Society of London. 1993.
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.
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