''Peacockia'' is a subgenus of the genus ''
Anthrenus
''Anthrenus'' is a genus of beetles in the Dermestidae family, skin beetles. One of several genera of carpet beetles, ''Anthrenus'' was historically placed in a subfamily Anthreninae, though presently included in the Megatominae. The genus '' ...
'' of the subfamily
Megatominae
Megatominae is a subfamily of the beetle family Dermestidae. This subfamily contains several of the most well-known household and stored-product pest beetles, in the genera '' Anthrenus'' and '' Trogoderma''.
Taxonomy
According to World Dermes ...
within the family of
skin beetles. Only one African species is currently described.
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Description
Species have antennae with 6 segments, parallel body shape, 5.0 - 7.1 mm in length (bigger than '' Setapeacockia''). Dorsal surface is covered with scales.[
In females, all visible abdominal ]sternites
The sternum (: sterna) is the ventral portion of a segment of an arthropod thorax or abdomen.
In insects, the sterna are usually single, large sclerites, and external. However, they can sometimes be divided in two or more, in which case the sub ...
are covered by scales
Scale or scales may refer to:
Mathematics
* Scale (descriptive set theory), an object defined on a set of points
* Scale (ratio), the ratio of a linear dimension of a model to the corresponding dimension of the original
* Scale factor, a number ...
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Species
There is only one species in the subgenus, with previous members being transferred to related subgenus Setapeacockia (Háva, 2008):[
*'' Anthrenus vladimiri'' (Menier & Villemant, 1993) – Morocco
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See also
* Setapeacockia
References
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Dermestidae
Insect subgenera