Attagenus gobicola: are there any in Europa?

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Necrocephalus, 17.03.2007 19:10

The other day I caught it on the windowsill at my alma mater (Kursk) a leatherworm that seems to belong to this species. I determined it from Zhantiev and Mordkovich's reference book. Everything fits, all the signs are there. But there are no references either in the literature or on the Internet to the fact that this beetle can occur in Europe, could not be found. Perhaps this species has already been found in the European part of Russia?

For those who have any doubts about the correctness of my definition: it can be. I'm not an expert. But maybe then you can tell me which Attagenus can occur in the Kursk region and have the following set of characteristics: the last segment of the male's antennae (and it was he who was caught, in the sense of male, not antennae ) exceeds the length of the previous two segments by at least 6 times (I compared it with A. smirnovi, males of which I have - the ratio of the length of the segments is very different!). The male is covered with yellow hairs (please note - in Smirnov - dark). And, finally, the length is as much as 5 mm, in contrast to the 4 maximum in Smirnov. And, well, of course-light brown elytra and dark pronotum.
By the way, I found it on the Internet photos of this type. My beetle is very similar to the one that was photographed.

This post was edited by Necrocephalus - 03/17/2007 19: 16