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

Attagenus smirnovi Zhantiev, 1973

Brauner Pelzkäfer Brown Carpet Beetle

  • Attagenus smirnovi, female 5463
    Attagenus smirnovi Zhantiev, 1973  Brauner Pelzkäfer  Brown Carpet Beetle 
    Attagenus smirnovi, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2012-07-07 16:50:53
    Image number: 5463
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2012-07-07 16:50:53
  • Attagenus smirnovi, female 9389
    Attagenus smirnovi Zhantiev, 1973  Brauner Pelzkäfer  Brown Carpet Beetle 
    Attagenus smirnovi, female, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2020-06-14 10:49:37
    Image number: 9389
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2020-06-14 10:49:37
    conf. Christoph Benisch

Further vernacular names:
Vodka Beetle

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
  4. Hansen, Lise & Akerlund, Monika & Grøntoft, Terje & Ryhl-Svendsen, Morten & Schmidt, A.L. & Bergh, J.E. & Vagn Jensen, Karl-Martin. (2012). Future pest status of an insect pest in museums, Attagenus smirnovi: Distribution and food consumption in relation to climate change. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 13. 22-27. 10.1016/j.culher.2011.05.005.