Morphology of Mature Larvae of Three Species of the Genus Anthrenus (Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthrenini) with Comparisons to Related Species

Abstract

Description of the last larval instar (based on larvae or exuviae) of Anthrenus (Helocerus) minutus (Erichson, 1848), Anthrenus (Nathrenus) biskrensis (Reitter, 1886), and Anthrenus (Nathrenus) signatus (Erichson, 1848; Coleoptera: Dermestidae) is presented. Morphological characters of Anthrenus larvae such as general morphology of antenna, epipharynx, mandible, maxilla, ligula with labial palpi, hastisetae, legs, and terga, and condition of antecostal suture, are documented and discussed. Structural differences among mature larvae of the following Anthrenus species are compared and summarized: Anthrenus coloratus (Reitter, 1881), Anthrenus delicatus delicatus (Kiesenwetter, 1851), Anthrenus flavipes flavipes (LeConte, 1854), Anthrenus fuscus (Olivier, 1789), Anthrenus museorum (L., 1761), Anthrenus latefasciatus (Reitter, 1892), Anthrenus oceanicus (Fauvel, 1903), Anthrenus olgae (Kalík, 1946), Anthrenus picturatus makolskii (Mroczkowski, 1950), Anthrenus pimpinellae pimpinellae (F., 1775), Anthrenus sarnicus (Mroczkowski, 1963), Anthrenus scrophulariae scrophulariae (L., 1758), Anthrenus sophonisba (Beal, 1998), and Anthrenus verbasci (L., 1767).

Entangling the Enemy: Ecological, Systematic, and Medical Implications of Dermestid Beetle Hastisetae

“…Hastisetae are present in both thoracic and abdominal tergites of all larvae of the studied species, with their length and density varying substantially among genera, species and body segments; on the thoracic and abdominal tergites, with the exception of the caudal tufts, the hastisetae are aggregated in tufts or distributed on bands, as already shown in Beal [17][18][19], Peacock [20], Kiselyova [12,21], Kadej and Jaroszewicz [22], Kadej et al [23][24][25], Kadej and Guziak [26], and Kadej [27][28][29][30][31]. The quantification of the hastisetae and the relative density is complex to assess, however even at a quick glance it is possible to observe that in all species, the caudal tufts are always the richest in bristles.…”

“…Thaumaglossa has homogeneous hastisetae on the whole body; however, as for the last rosette, the number of longitudinal processes that constitute the head of the hastiseta is nine, not five or seven as in the other genera. Anthrenus presents the most complex set of hastisetal heads compared to other genera, and some of these features have been suggested as one of the possible larval diagnostic characters in Kadej et al [ 23 , 24 ] and Kadej [ 31 ]. Anthrenus is so far the only genus that possess two different types of head of hastiseta, one on the shortest thoracic and first abdominal segment hastisetae and a different type on the longer caudal tufts; these heads differ substantially in size or shape, with the exception of Anthrenus ( s .…”

Larva and pupa of Ctesias (s. str.) serra (Fabricius, 1792) with remarks on biology and economic importance, and larval comparison of co-occurring genera (Coleoptera, Dermestidae)

“…The current work is a continuation of the previous articles devoted to study the morphology of the immature stages of Dermestidae (Beal and Kadej 2008, Kadej 2012a, b, c, Kadej and Jaroszewicz 2013, Kadej et al 2013a, b, Kadej and Guziak 2017a, b, Kadej 2017, Kadej et al 2017). …”

“…The terminology used in this paper follows Kiselyova and McHugh (2006), Kadej and Jaroszewicz (2013), and Kadej et al (2013a, b). …”

Larva and pupa of Megatoma (s. str.) undata (Linnaeus, 1758) with remarks on biology and economic importance (Coleoptera, Dermestidae)

“…Current work is a continuation of previous articles devoted to the morphology of immature stages of Dermestidae (Beal and Kadej 2008, Kadej 2012a, b, c, Kadej and Jaroszewicz 2013, Kadej et al 2013a, b, Kadej and Guziak 2017, Kadej and Guziak “in press”, Kadej et al 2017). In this paper, an updated description of the larva of Megatoma undata (Linnaeus, 1758) is given.…”