Two new species of Anthrenus Geoffroy (s. str.) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from Egypt and Eritrea
Graham J. Holloway
Cole Museum of Zoology, Biological Sciences, HLS Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6EX, UK
0000-0003-0495-0313Andreas Herrmann
Bremervörder Strasse 123, 21682 Stade, Germany
0000-0001-5700-1125
- Keywords
- Anthrenus aegyptiacus, aedeagus, sternites, bursa copulatrix, taxonomy, identification
Abstract
Two new species, Anthrenus kushangaza Holloway and Herrmann and Anthrenus kittenbergeri Holloway and Herrmann (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from northeast Africa are described. Images of internal and external features are presented and compared with A. crustaceus Reitter and A. rauterbergi Reitter, both of which are found in the same geographical region as the new species.
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