Comparative morphology and biology of mature larvae in the genusAnthrenus(Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthrenini) with comparisons to related species

SummaryDescription of the last larval instar (based on exuvia) of Anthrenus delicatus delicatus Kiesenwetter 1851, A. picturatus makolskii Mroczkowski 1950 and A. sophonisba Beal 1998 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) is presented. Notes about the biology of A. picturatus makolskii and A. sophonisba are provided. Several morphological characters of Anthrenus larvae are documented: antenna, epipharynx, mandibula, maxilla, ligula with labial palpi, hastisetae, legs, terga, and condition of antecostal suture are documented, and discussed. Structural differences among mature larvae of the following Anthrenus species are compared and summarized: A. coloratus Reitter 1881, A. delicatus delicatus Kiesenwetter 1851, A. flavipes flavipes LeConte 1854, A. fuscus Olivier 1789, A. museorum (Linnaeus 1761), A. latefasciatus Reitter 1892, A. oceanicus Fauvel 1903, A. olgae Kalik 1946, A. picturatus makolskii Mroczkowski 1950, A. pimpinellae pimpinellae (Fabricius 1775), A. sarnicus Mroczkowski 1963, A. scrophulariae scrophular...