Two new species of Attagenus Latreille (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) from Ibiza, Spain, and France

Holloway, G. J. and Herrmann, A. (2025) Two new species of Attagenus Latreille (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) from Ibiza, Spain, and France. Insecta Mundi, 1167. pp. 1-9. ISSN 1942-1354 doi: 10.64338/im.1167.wsepl

Abstract/Summary

Two new species, Attagenus balearicus Holloway and Herrmann, and Attagenus vitalii Holloway and Herrmann (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) are described from Ibiza (Spain) and France, respectively, and compared with A. trifasciatus (Fabricius, 1787). Diferentiation is based on male and female genital structure and associated characters as well as external features such as antennal structure and habitus coloration. Images of habitus, ventrites, antenna, and male and female genital structures are presented. The new species described are more examples of edge of range species in Dermestidae. Attagenus balearicus was collected from the Balearics and might represent another island endemic along with other recently described species from the region.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/129364
Identification Number/DOI	10.64338/im.1167.wsepl
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Central Services > Academic and Governance Services > University Museums and Special Collections
Publisher	Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
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