Attagenus (Aethriostoma) undulatus, is a species of skin beetle found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Buru Island, Cambodia, southern China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Hawaiian Islands, Papua New Guinea, and South Mariana Islands. It has introduced to Chile mainly through goods of human beings.[1][2]

Attagenus undulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Attagenus
Species:
A. undulatus
Binomial name
Attagenus undulatus
(Motschulsky, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Aethriostoma undulata Motschulsky, 1858
  • Attagenus rufipes Walker, 1859
  • Pseudotelopes simoni Pic, 1916
  • Pseudotelopes testaceipes Pic, 1916

Body length is about 3 mm.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Attagenus (Aethriostoma) undulatus (Motschulsky, 1858) from Chile (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)". Arquivos Entomolóxicos 7:177-178. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ "Attagenus undulatus (Motschulsky, 1858)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  3. ^ "Attagenus undulatus (Motschulsky, 1858)". www.dermestidae.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. ^ Arrow, Gilbert J. (1917-06-01). "XLVII.—The Khapra beetle (Trogoderma khapra, sp. n.), an Indian Grain-pest". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. pp. 481–482. doi:10.1080/00222931709486966. Retrieved 2021-08-11.