Description of the last larval instar (based on exuvia) of Anthrenus delicatus delicatus Kiesenwetter 1851, A.
picturatus makolskii Mroczkowski 1950 and A. sophonisba Beal 1998 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) is presented. Notes about
the biology of A. picturatus makolskii and A. sophonisba are provided. Several morphological characters of Anthrenus
larvae are documented: antenna, epipharynx, mandibula, maxilla, ligula with labial palpi, hastisetae, legs, terga, and
condition of antecostal suture are documented, and discussed. Structural differences among mature larvae of the following
Anthrenus species are compared and summarized: A. coloratus Reitter 1881, A. delicatus delicatus Kiesenwetter 1851, A.
flavipes flavipes LeConte 1854, A. fuscus Olivier 1789, A. museorum (Linnaeus 1761), A. latefasciatus Reitter 1892, A.
oceanicus Fauvel 1903, A. olgae Kalík 1946, A. picturatus makolskii Mroczkowski 1950, A. pimpinellae pimpinellae
(Fabricius 1775), A. sarnicus Mroczkowski 1963, A. scrophulariae scrophulariae (Linnaeus 1758), A. sophonisba Beal
1998 and A. verbasci (Linnaeus 1767). |