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Attagenus schaefferi schaefferi

species
(Herbst, 1791) [p. 93]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Citations & References (3)
Type / Badges
Page
Herbst J.F.W. (1792). Dermestidae. In: Jablonksy C.G. (ed.), Natursystem aller bekanten in- und ausländischen Insekten, als Eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Käfer vierter Theil. Heft 1. Berlin: J. Pauli, pp. 1-197.
Original Description
p. 93
Beal R.S. (1970). A taxonomic and biological study of species of Attagenini (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in the United States and Canada. Entomologica Americana 45: 141-235 (Publisher: [Lawrence, Kan., etc.], New York Entomological Society [etc.],).
Immature / Larva
p. 183,197
Zhantiev R.D. (1976). Жуки-кожееды (семейство Dermestidae) фауны СССР [Skin beetles (family Dermestidae) of the USSR fauna]. Moskva: Izdatelstvo Moskovskogo Universiteta, 180 pp.
Immature / Larva
p. 98
Biology
Larva: Zhantiev, 1976:98 ;Beal, 1970:183,197

Distribution

Africa

  • Canary Is. (intr.)

Asia

  • China (Inner Mongolia)
  • Russia (W Siberia)

Europe Widespread

  • Madeira (intr.)
  • Caucasus

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Attagenus schaefferi schaefferi)

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