Dermestes

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Dermestes
Dermestes lardarius - top (aka).jpg
D. lardarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Dermestidae
Subfamily:
Dermestinae
Tribe:
Genus:
Dermestes

Type species
Dermestes lardarius
Linnaeus, 1758
Dermestes maculatus

Dermestes is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.[1]

The larvae of these beetles feed on dead and dried animal material, including dead bodies, dried meat and fish, and body parts such as bone, hair, skin, and feathers. They are cannibalistic on occasion. They are pests of museums, where they feed on specimens such as dried insects and stuffed animals. They may be useful in museum settings as well, where they are used to clean tissue from skeletons.[2] Some species may play a role in forensic entomology when they are found on human corpses.[1][2]

As of 2013 there are about 92 species.[3]

Species[]

  • Sturm, 1843
  • Herrmann & Háva, 2013[3]
  • Dermestes ater DeGeer, 1774
  • Küster, 1846
  • Christofori & Jan, 1832
  • Fabricius, 1781
  • Háva & Kalík, 2005
  • Dermestes caninus Germar, 1824
  • Sturm, 1843
  • Dermestes carnivorus Fabricius, 1775
  • Thunberg, 1794
  • Dahl, 1823
  • Harold, 1877
  • Steven in Schönherr, 1808
  • Gebler, 1830
  • Christofori & Jan, 1832
  • Boeber, 1802
  • Gebler, 1830
  • Pic, 1916
  • Dejean, 1837
  • Ganglbauer, 1904
  • Dermestes fasciatus LeConte, 1854
  • Reitter, 1881
  • Schneider, 1785
  • Melsheimer, 1806
  • Kalík & Ohbayashi, 1982
  • Dermestes frischii Kugelann, 1792
  • Rossi, 1792
  • Reitter, 1881
  • Dalla Torre, 1911
  • Laporte, 1840
  • Küster, 1852
  • Háva, 1999
  • Fabricius, 1792
  • Kalík, 1952
  • Pic, 1942
  • Schneider, 1785
  • Kalík, 1951
  • Háva & Kalík, 1999
  • Kalík, 1950
  • Dermestes laniarius Illiger, 1802
  • Háva, 2004
  • Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cockerell, 1917
  • Bielz, 1850
  • Goeze, 1777
  • Kalík, 1952
  • Mulsant & Godart, 1855
  • Rossi, 1788
  • Háva, 2002
  • Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, 1774
  • Lepesme, 1939
  • Dermestes marmoratus Knoch in Melsheimer, 1806
  • Háva, 1999
  • Pic, 1915
  • Dermestes murinus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Háva, 2002
  • Melsheimer, 1806
  • Arrow, 1915
  • Melsheimer, 1806
  • Kalík, 1951
  • Sturm, 1843
  • Sturm, 1843
  • Lepesme, 1939
  • Sjöberg, 1950
  • Billberg in Schönherr, 1808
  • Háva & Kalík, 2005
  • Heer, 1847
  • Crotch, 1873
  • Dermestes peruvianus Laporte, 1840
  • Mroczkowski, 1960
  • Zhantiev, 2006
  • LeConte, 1854
  • Christofori & Jan, 1832
  • LeConte, 1854
  • Dermestes reductus Kalík, 1952
  • (Kalík, 1951)
  • Sturm, 1843
  • Solier, 1849
  • Küster, 1846
  • Háva, 2002
  • Boheman, 1851
  • Thunberg, 1787
  • Cao, 1987
  • Erichson, 1848
  • Háva, 1999
  • LeConte, 1874
  • Dalla Torre, 1911
  • elsheimer, 1806
  • Christofori & Jan, 1832
  • Christofori & Jan, 1832
  • Pic, 1943
  • Kalík, 1950
  • Dermestes talpinus Mannerheim, 1843
  • Schneider, 1785
  • Wickham, 1912
  • Motschulsky, 1860
  • Dermestes undulatus Brahm, 1790
  • Zhantiev, 2006
  • Melsheimer, 1806
  • Schneider, 1785
  • Háva, 2000
  • Motschulsky, 1860
  • Kalík, 1955

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Magni, P. A., et al. (2015). A biological and procedural review of forensically significant Dermestes species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 52(5), 755-769.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dermestes maculatus De Geer, 1774. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Pest Insects of our Cultural Heritage.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Herrmann, A. and Háva, J. (2013). A new species of the genus Dermestes Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from South America. Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series, 9(2), 375-378.

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