Description of a new species of Anthrenus Geoffroy from Xizang, China (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae)

  • Author(s): ZHOU, XUAN; NYIMA, TENZIN; SHEN, RONG-RONG; DA, WA; BAI, MING; HÁVA, JIŘĹ
  • Title:
    Description of a new species of Anthrenus Geoffroy from Xizang, China (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae)
  • Journal Title: Zootaxa
  • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.27
  • URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.27
  • Volume: 5786
  • Issue: 1
  • Page(s): 293-299
  • Date: 2026-04-01
  • Abstract:

    A new species of Anthrenus Geoffroy, A. medogensis Zhou, Háva, Da & Bai, sp. nov., is described from Mêdog County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China. The new species is illustrated and compared with morphologically similar species: A. himalayensis Háva, Wachkoo & Maqbool, A. katrinkrauseae Háva, and A. occultus Háva. It differs from these species in the scale pattern, antennal structure, and male genitalia. Ecological observations and habitat photographs are also provided.  

  • ISSN: 1175-5334
  • Document Type: Journal Article
  • Publisher: Magnolia Press

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