Attagenus pardus Arrow 1915
Holotype Attagenus pardus Arrow 1915
Photo: Meixia Yang - Natural History Museum, UK - CC BY 2.0
Original description in:
Arrow, G., J., 1915. Notes on the Coleopterous family Dermestidae, and descriptions of some new forms in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 15
https://zenodo.org/records/2488315/files/article.pdf
Niger, pedibus ruffs, corpore supra et subtus dense flavo-cinereo-pubeseenti, singuli elytri maculis tribus (aliaque communi media) magnis subcircularibus denudatis, maculis posticis duabus conjunctis, apicalibus, majoribus, medio cinereo-pupillatis; corpore oblongo-ovali, valde convexo.
Long. 3.5-4.5 mm. ; lat. 2-2.5 mm.
This very distinctively marked species is entirely covered with greyish-yellow hair, with the exception of seven nearly round areas upon the elytra, which are quite black, bare or clothed with much finer pubescence than the rest of the upper surface. One of these patches is placed at the middle of the elytral suture and the others are arranged in a circle round it, one behind the scutellum on each side, one at the outer margin and one occupying the sutural angle, the last larger than the rest and having a central spot of grey pubescence.
It is a convex insect of elongate-oval shape. The club of the antenna is three-jointed and short, the terminal joint not longer than it is broad.
Differential diagnosis:
Hermann, A. & Háva, J. 2014. Description of two new species of the genus Attagenus Latreille, 1802 from the Afrotropical Region (Dermestidae: Attageninae). Studies and Reports, Taxonomical series 10(1).
https://sar.fld.czu.cz/cache/article-data/SaR/Published_volumes/2014-1/93-98_herman_press.pdf
Antenna: with a yellow shaft and a smaller club, the last segment is only slightly larger than remaining segments of the club
Pubescence: pronotum and elytra entirely covered with dense yellow-brown hairs, except 7 distinct black spots on the elytra
Legs: yellow-brown
Type locality: Harare, Zimbabwe
Distribution: Known from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
Photos:
Holotype: NHMUK https://www.flickr.com/photos/53906044@N04/50156566611/
Hermann & Hava 2014:
https://sar.fld.czu.cz/cache/article-data/SaR/Published_volumes/2014-1/93-98_herman_press.pdf
Holloway et al 2024: https://www.africanentomology.com/article/view/16250/21224
iNat observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192080465
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151290494
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