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Anthrenocerus australis (Hope, 1843) (Australian carpet-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Anthrenocerus australis; Anthrenocerus riguus; Trogoderma rigua)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Bostrichoidea

Family: Dermestidae

Subfamily: Megatominae

Tribe: Megatomini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2.3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

Anthrenocerus australis
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