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New distributional record of Anthrenus dorsatus Mulsant & Rey, 1868 (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) on the island of Mallorca, Spain

  • Graham J. Holloway,
  • Christopher W. Foster,
  • Amanda Callaghan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/15.1.33
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 33 – 36

Abstract

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The carpet beetle Anthrenus dorsatus has previously been recorded from North Africa and Malta. During a recent visit to the island of Mallorca several Anthrenus species were collected which included a number of Anthrenus dorsatus specimens. This record adds a new species both to the island of Mallorca and to the Spanish checklist. These records extend our knowledge of the distribution of A. dorsatus and provide more evidence of range expansion in the pimpinellae species group across Europe, possibly because of global climate change.