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Anthrenus capensis

species
Guérin-Méneville, 1835 [p. 66]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Type deposited in MNHN
Citations & References (3)
Type / Badges
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Guérin-Méneville F.E. (1835). Iconographie de Regne Animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'aprés nature de l'une des sepéces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas a tous les traités de zoologie. Planches des animaux invertebrés. Insectes. Paris: J. B. Baillière.
Original Description
p. 66
Háva J. (2002). Five new species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera), with notes on synonymy and distribution of the family. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae 87: 29-40.
as Anthrenus (Nathrenus) capensis
p. 32
PICKER M., GRIFFITHS CH. & WEAVING A. 2004: Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 444 pp.
as Anthrenus verbasci [sic!]
p. 220

Distribution

Africa

  • South Africa

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Anthrenus capensis)

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