About Anthrenus picturatus Solsky, 1876
Anthrenus picturatus (first described by Solsky in 1876) is a species of carpet beetle belonging to the family Dermestidae. It has been recorded across Russia, Eastern Europe, and Asia, ranging from Turkey to China. Four subspecies are currently recognized, each with the following documented distributions. The nominate subspecies, Anthrenus picturatus picturatus (Solsky, 1876), is found in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey, Afghanistan, the Caucasus region, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and has been introduced to Corsica and Pretoria, South Africa. Anthrenus picturatus arabicus (Háva & Herrmann, 2006) is found in Yemen. Anthrenus picturatus hintoni (Mroczkowski, 1952) occurs in multiple regions of China including Beijing, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, and Xinjiang, as well as Mongolia, and Stavropol, Russia. Anthrenus picturatus melanoleucus (Solsky, 1876) is distributed across Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. One former subspecies, Anthrenus picturatus makolskii (Mroczkowski, 1950), was previously recognized but is now treated as a synonym of Anthrenus picturatus picturatus.
