Brachypterolus pulicarius Linnaeus 1758 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Kateretidae

Alternative combinations: Dermestes pulicarius, Tritoma pulicarium

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Brachypterolus according to S. Hisamatsu 2011

See also Fabricius 1775, Green et al. 2006, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767 and Müller 1776

Sister taxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sample 3, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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