Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which kind of arthropod?
Posted by DeFilex on 06-04-2022 21:40
#1
I have found several times this kind of arthropod unde rthe bark of plane trees (Platanus sp.) in northern Spain.
I have no idea which it may be. I have thought of some kind of Myriapod - some kind of Polyxenida or something akin - but I have discarded it. So I am a bit puzzled.
Any help to identify it?
Thank you veru much in advance.
Filex
Posted by eklans on 06-04-2022 21:58
#2
Hi, these are larvae of beetles: Dermestidae. Probably Anthrenus museorum.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-04-2022 10:19
#3
I agree with Dermestidae, but the situation and size of the setal tufts suggest that this is
Ctesias serra rather than
Anthrenus.
Posted by eklans on 07-04-2022 12:20
#4
Thank you Tony, that fits much better!
Posted by DeFilex on 08-04-2022 08:11
#5
Thank you very much for the identification! I was completely lost.
I will be attentive to the adults, since I have never seen them.