Brown fur beetle
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The brown fur beetle ( Attagenus smirnovi ) is a species of beetle from the bacon beetle family . It belongs to the genus of the fur beetle and is regarded as a synanthropic pest, which means that it lives in people's houses and apartments, where it can be found on woolen textiles, carpets, skins and furs. It can also cause great damage in museums.
features
The brown fur beetles are elongated and reach a body length of 2.3 to 4.0 millimeters. The head and pronotum are dark brown to black. The wing covers are light brown and densely hairy.
distribution
The brown fur beetle has its natural range in Africa . It spread through Russia, the Czech Republic and other countries to Germany, Denmark and Great Britain. In Germany it was first detected in 1985 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
In 1961 ES Smirnov first observed the brown fur beetle in Moscow. It was not until 1973 that it was described by R. D. Schantijew (English transcription : Zhantiev) as a new species of fur beetle Attagenus smirnovi . Because of the species name smirnovi , British scientists refer to the vodka brand Smirnoff as the vodka beetle .
An international project was founded by museums and scientific institutions in Northern Europe to investigate the mechanisms of spread of the brown fur beetle in Europe and their connection with climate change . Among other things, it is to be investigated which climatic conditions enable the fur beetle to fly independently from house to house and thereby actively spread.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Knell: Care of Collections. Leicester Readers in Museum Studies, Routledge Chapman & Hall, 1994, p. 220 ISBN 0-415-11285-0
- ↑ Attagenus smirnovi pictures at Dermestidae.com (engl.)
- ↑ Attagenus smirnovi ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Description, National Museum of Denmark
- ^ Project "Insect pests and climate change - The Attagenus smirnovi project" Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (Eng.)
Web links
- Attagenus smirnovi at Fauna Europaea
- Attagenus smirnovi ZHANTIEV, 1973 Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (German)
- Future pest status of an insect pest in museums, Attagenus smirnovi