Abstract
A new species Anthrenus (Florilinus) loebli from Israel, Lebanon and Jordania is described, illustrated and compared with the similar species classified within the subgenus Florilinus Mulsant & Rey, 1868. The new species is characterized by oval eyes, eight-segmented antenna and subtriangular, occasionally triangular, scales on the dorsum. The yellowish/light brown scales are present on the anterior and terminal part of the elytra and create three irregular, transverse bands. Antennal segment eight are at least 4.8 to 5x longer than segment 7 in male, 2.1x longer in female. The new species is most similar to A. (F.) museorum (Linnaeus, 1761); A. (H.) fuscus Olivier, 1789 and A. (F.) flavidus Solsky, 1876. An identification key to externally similar species of the genus is given. The most distinctive taxonomic characteristics concern the male genitalia and antenna (in ratio of length of segments of antennal club) and are also described.
Highlights
Anthrenus carpet beetles are small and round
The genus Anthrenus was initially divided into 8 subgenera (Mroczkowski, 1968)
The issue of Anthrenus classification remains unresolved, and both classifications prevail in the available publications
Summary
Anthrenus carpet beetles are small and round Their body is covered with colourful scales of various brown, tan, red, whitish and grey hues. The scales create different patterns (spots, transversal bands), especially on the pronotum and elytrae. These patterns are usually specific to a particular species, making them very useful in the identification process. The ninth subgenus, Peacockia, was described in 1993 (Menier & Villemant, 1993), followed by another one –Setapeacockia, recognized by Háva (2008). Florilinus, whereas the other classification adds to the nine subgenera: Anthrenodes, Anthrenops, Anthrenus s. Str., Florilinus, Helocerus, Nathrenus, Peacockia, Ranthrenus, Solskinus (Háva, 2003), the tenth subgenus –Setapeacockia. Two species within the subgenus Florilinus have been found in Israel–the cosmopolitan Anthrenus museorum (Linnaeus, 1761) and A. sordidulus Reitter, 1889 (Háva, 2010). This article follows up on the previous articles describing Dermestidae found in Israel (Háva, 2007; Háva et al, 2001, 2007)
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