Anthrenus verbasci

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Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 10-Sep-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Anthrenus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. flavipes (Furniture Carpet Beetle) · A. museorum (Museum Beetle) · A. scrophulariae (Carpet Beetle) · A. verbasci (Sacramento Anthicid Beetle)

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Further Reading

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• An illustrated synopsis of the principal larval forms of the order Coleoptera, by Adam G. Böving. .. and F.C. Craighead. .. Brooklyn, N.Y., The Brooklyn Entomological Society, 1931. url p. 266.
• An introduction to entomology, by John Henry Comstock. Ithaca, New York, The Comstock publishing co., inc., 1933. url p. 1012.
• An introduction to entomology. Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock, 1949. url p. 1030.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 169, p. 308.
• Annual report / Albany: University of the State of New York, 1902-1918. url p. 106, p. 118, p. 210, p. 215, p. 255, p. 92, p. 96.
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• British journal of entomology and natural history. [London]: British Entomological and Natural History Society, 1988- url .
• Bulletin - New York State Museum. Albany: New York State Education Dept. url p. 215, p. 593, p. 605, p. 812, p. 848, p. 875, p. 895, p. 91.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 110.
• Bulletin / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology. Washington: G.P.O., 1904-1916. url p. 113, p. 117, p. 3, p. 3, p. 48, p. 95, p. 96.
• Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa: The University, 1888-[1918]. url p. 260.
• Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein. .. [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- url p. 2502.
• Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) London: BM(NH), 1903-1940. url p. 103, p. 103.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
• Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests, Coleoptera of Białowieża Forest
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, California Beetle Project
• SysTax, Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
• SysTax, SysTax

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2591055
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-114988
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13721219
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 114988
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IICO194726
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2123

Footnotes

1. Mean = 447.580 meters (1,468.438 feet), Standard Deviation = 643.520 based on 38 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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