{{short description|Subgenus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = NHMUK014092710 Anthrenus Peacockia vladimiri Menier & Viillemant whole dorsal X 2.0.jpg | image_caption = ''Anthrenus vladimiri'', the only known species of the subgenus | taxon = Peacockia | authority = Menier & Villemant, 1993 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} '''''Peacockia''''' is a subgenus of the genus ''Anthrenus'' of the subfamily Megatominae within the family of skin beetles. Only one African species is currently described.<ref name=wd-genera/>
== Description == Species have antennae with 6 segments, parallel body shape, 5.0 - 7.1 mm in length (bigger than ''Setapeacockia''). Dorsal surface is covered with scales.<ref name=description-setapeacockia/>
In females, all visible abdominal sternites are covered by scales.<ref name=coleonet-anthrenus/>
== Species == There is only one species in the subgenus, with previous members being transferred to related subgenus Setapeacockia (Háva, 2008):<ref name=wd-species/><ref name=dermestidae-herrmann/> *''Anthrenus vladimiri'' <small>(Menier & Villemant, 1993)</small> – Morocco
== See also == *Setapeacockia
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=wd-genera>{{Cite web |last=Háva |first=Jiří |date=2023 |title=World Dermestidae. Genera and subgenera division of Dermestidae |url=http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Genera-and-subgenera-division-of-Dermestidae.pdf |access-date=2 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240519054836/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Genera-and-subgenera-division-of-Dermestidae.pdf | archivedate= 19 May 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=wd-species>{{Cite web |last=Háva |first=Jiří |date=2023 |title=World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae |url=http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Subfamily-Megatominae.pdf#page=6 |access-date=2 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240602070250/http://dermestidae.wz.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Subfamily-Megatominae.pdf#page=6| archivedate= 2 June 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=dermestidae-herrmann>{{Cite web |last=Herrmann |first=Andreas |date=2024 |title=Dermestidae (Abbildungen) |url=http://www.dermestidae.com/Abbildungen.html |access-date=2 June 2024 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20240602070649/http://www.dermestidae.com/Abbildungen.html| archivedate= 2 June 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=coleonet-anthrenus>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Anthrenus Bestimmungstabelle (Anthrenus identification table) |url=https://coleonet.de/coleo/texte/anthrenus.htm |access-date=12 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521045158/https://coleonet.de/coleo/texte/anthrenus.htm |archivedate= 21 May 2024 }}</ref>
<ref name=description-setapeacockia>{{Cite journal | last = Háva | first = Jiří | title = Description of a new subgenus ''Setapeacockia'' subgen. nov. of the genus ''Anthrenus'' Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Anthrenini) from Central Asia | journal = Latvijas entomologs | volume = 45 | pages = 43–45 | date = 2008 | url = http://leb.daba.lv/45-h.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612140145/http://leb.daba.lv/45-h.pdf |archivedate= 12 June 2024}}</ref>
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Category:Dermestidae Category:Insect subgenera