Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Two-spotted Carpet Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAttagenus pellio (Two-spotted Carpet Beetle)
GenusAttagenus (carpet beetles)
FamilyDERMESTIDAE (carpet, museum and larder beetles)
SuperfamilyBOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Attagenus pellio (Two-spotted Carpet Beetle) :
1: Attagenus pellio (Two-spotted Carpet Beetle)
3 Apr 1976 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
indoors
Image 1: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Lateral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 5: Underside - highly enlarged

Attagenus pellio (Two-spotted Carpet Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Attagenus pellio (Two-spotted Carpet Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Attagenus pellio (Two-spotted Carpet Beetle)
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