Anthrenus verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthrenus verbasci (Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle)
GenusAnthrenus (museum beetles)
FamilyDERMESTIDAE (carpet, museum and larder beetles)
SuperfamilyBOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Anthrenus verbasci (Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle) :
1: Anthrenus verbasci (Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle)
5 Jun 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at flowers of Mexican Fleabane
Image 1: Visiting flower - enlargedImage 2: Visiting flower - magnifiedImage 3: Visiting flower - magnified (2)Image 4: Visiting flower - magnified (3)Image 5: Visiting flower - magnified (4)
2: Anthrenus verbasci (Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle)
9 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
indoors
Image 1: Dorsal surfaceImage 2: Dorsal surface (2)Image 3: Dorsal surface - close-up of scalesImage 4: Head - underside - antennae visibleImage 5: Head - underside with antennae retractedImage 6: Side viewImage 7: Underside
3: Anthrenus verbasci (Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle)
3 Apr 1978 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
indoors
Image 1: Anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Anterior view - highly enlargedImage 3: Dorsal - highly enlargedImage 4: Dorsolateral view - highly enlargedImage 5: Front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 6: Front three-quarter view - highly enlargedImage 7: In spider\'s web - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: In spider\'s web - highly enlargedImage 9: In spider\'s web - highly enlarged (2)Image 10: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: Lateral view - highly enlargedImage 12: Laterodorsal view - highly enlargedImage 13: Underside - highly enlarged

Anthrenus verbasci (Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthrenus verbasci (Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anthrenus verbasci (Museum Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle)
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