Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Dermestidae (Skin beetles)

Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gemeiner Pelzkäfer Two-spotted Carpet Beetle

Synonyms and other combinations:

Dermestes pellio Linnaeus, 1758 | Dermestes bipunctatus DeGeer, 1774 | Dermestes macellarius Fabricius, 1781 | Dermestes cylindricornis Schrank, 1785 | Megatoma atra Herbst, 1792 | Megatoma schranki Kugelann, 1792 | Dermestes ater: Panzer, 1795 | Attagenus macellarius: Latreille, 1802 | Megatoma pellio: Cristofori et Jan, 1832 | Attagenus pellio: Leach, 1815 | Attagenus fruteti Grimmer, 1841 | Attagenus bipunctatus: Wradatsch, 1914 | Attagenus pellio var. pilosissimus Roubal, 1932 |

  • Attagenus pellio, female 9982
    Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeiner Pelzkäfer  Two-spotted Carpet Beetle 
    Attagenus pellio, female, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-03 16:18:40
    Image number: 9982
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-03 16:18:40
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Attagenus pellio, female 9983
    Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeiner Pelzkäfer  Two-spotted Carpet Beetle 
    Attagenus pellio, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-03 16:19:32
    Image number: 9983
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-03 16:19:32
  • Attagenus pellio, female 9984
    Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeiner Pelzkäfer  Two-spotted Carpet Beetle 
    Attagenus pellio, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-03 16:17:39
    Image number: 9984
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-03 16:17:39
  • Attagenus pellio, female 9985
    Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)  Gemeiner Pelzkäfer  Two-spotted Carpet Beetle 
    Attagenus pellio, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-03 12:52:42
    Image number: 9985
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-03 12:52:42

Further vernacular names:
Fur Beetle
Distribution:
Cosmopolitan

References, further reading, links:
  1. Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
  2. Andreas Herrmann: Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world
  3. William H. Robinson: Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, 472 pp., ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-511-11138-9