
''Dermestes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in the family
Dermestidae
Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles or carpet beetles. Other common names include larder beetles, hide or leather beetles, and khapra beetles. There are over 1,800 species described.
Dermestids ha ...
, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.
[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.
The
larva
A larva (; : larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase ...
e 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
Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food. Cannibalism is a common ecological interaction in the animal kingdom and has been recorded in more than 1,500 species. Human cannibalism is also well documente ...
on occasion. They are pests of museums, where they feed on specimens such as dried insects and
stuffed animals
A stuffed toy is a toy with an outer fabric sewn from a textile and stuffed with flexible material. They are known by many names, such as plush toys, plushies, lovies and stuffies; in Britain and Australia, they may also be called soft toys ...
. They may be useful in museum settings as well, where they are used in facilities called
dermestaria to clean tissue from skeletons.
[''Dermestes maculatus'' De Geer, 1774.]
Pest Insects of our Cultural Heritage. Some species may play a role in
forensic entomology
Forensic entomology is a branch of applied entomology that uses insects and other arthropods as a basis for legal evidence. Insects may be found on cadavers or elsewhere around crime scenes in the interest of forensic science. Forensic entom ...
when they are found on human corpses.
[
As of 2013 there are about 92 species.][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.
Species
* '' Dermestes affinis'' Sturm, 1843
* '' Dermestes argentinus'' Herrmann & Háva, 2013[
* '' Dermestes ater'' DeGeer, 1774
* '' Dermestes aurichalceus'' Küster, 1846
* '']Dermestes avidus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Christofori & Jan, 1832
* '' Dermestes bicolor'' Fabricius, 1781
* '' Dermestes boliviensis'' Háva & Kalík, 2005
* '' Dermestes caninus'' Germar, 1824
* ''Dermestes canus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Sturm, 1843
* ''Dermestes carnivorus
''Dermestes carnivorus'' is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found in North America and Europe.
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Beetles described i ...
'' Fabricius, 1775
* ''Dermestes castaneus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Thunberg, 1794
* ''Dermestes cinereus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Dahl, 1823
* ''Dermestes coarctatus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Harold, 1877
* ''Dermestes coronatus
''Dermestes coronatus'' is a species of beetle in the subgenus ''Dermestinus'' of the genus ''Dermestes'', family Dermestidae. It is known from Turkey, Ukraine, Afghanistan, the Caucasus region, China (Xinjiang), India (Kashmir), Iran, Central A ...
'' Steven in Schönherr, 1808
* ''Dermestes depressus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Gebler, 1830
* ''Dermestes destructor
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Christofori & Jan, 1832
* ''Dermestes dimidiatus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Boeber, 1802
* ''Dermestes elegans
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Gebler, 1830
* '' Dermestes elongatissimus'' Pic, 1916
* '' Dermestes elongatus'' Dejean, 1837
* '' Dermestes erichsoni'' Ganglbauer, 1904
* '' Dermestes fasciatus'' LeConte, 1854
* '' Dermestes fasciventris'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Dermestes flavicornis'' Schneider, 1785
* '' Dermestes floricola'' Melsheimer, 1806
* '' Dermestes freudei'' Kalík & Ohbayashi, 1982
* '' Dermestes frischii'' Kugelann, 1792
* '' Dermestes fuliginosus'' Rossi, 1792
* '' Dermestes fulvicollis'' Reitter, 1881
* '' Dermestes gerstaeckeri'' Dalla Torre, 1911
* '' Dermestes gyllenhalii'' Laporte, 1840
* '' Dermestes haemorrhoidalis'' Küster, 1852
* '' Dermestes hankae'' Háva, 1999
* '' Dermestes hirticollis'' Fabricius, 1792
* '' Dermestes hispanicus'' Kalík, 1952
* '' Dermestes impressipennis'' Pic, 1942
* ''Dermestes insulanus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Schneider, 1785
* '' Dermestes intermedius'' Kalík, 1951
* '' Dermestes kafkai'' Háva & Kalík, 1999
* '' Dermestes kaszabi'' Kalík, 1950
* '' Dermestes laniarius'' Illiger, 1802
* '' Dermestes laosensis'' Háva, 2004
* ''Dermestes lardarius
''Dermestes lardarius'', commonly known as the ''larder beetle'' or ''moisture bug'', is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. It is found worldwide.[Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...]
, 1758
Events
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* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
* ''Dermestes larvalis
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Derm ...
'' Cockerell, 1917
* '' Dermestes latissimus'' Bielz, 1850
* '' Dermestes lectulalius'' Goeze, 1777
* '' Dermestes leechi'' Kalík, 1952
* ''Dermestes leopardinus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Derm ...
'' Mulsant & Godart, 1855
* '' Dermestes linearis'' Rossi, 1788
* '' Dermestes loebli'' Háva, 2002
* '' Dermestes maculatus'' DeGeer, 1774
* '' Dermestes madagascariensis'' Lepesme, 1939
* '' Dermestes marmoratus'' Knoch in Melsheimer, 1806
* '' Dermestes marocanus'' Háva, 1999
* '' Dermestes maximus'' Pic, 1915
* ''Dermestes murinus
''Dermestes murinus'' is a species of beetle in family Dermestidae. It is found in the Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemispher ...
'' Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
* '' Dermestes nan'' Háva, 2002
* '' Dermestes nebulosus'' Melsheimer, 1806
* '' Dermestes nidum'' Arrow, 1915
* '' Dermestes niger'' Melsheimer, 1806
* '' Dermestes normandi'' Kalík, 1951
* '' Dermestes oblongus'' Sturm, 1843
* '' Dermestes obscurus'' Sturm, 1843
* '' Dermestes olivieri'' Lepesme, 1939
* '' Dermestes palmi'' Sjöberg, 1950
* '' Dermestes pardalis'' Billberg in Schönherr, 1808
* '' Dermestes patagoniensis'' Háva & Kalík, 2005
* '' Dermestes pauper'' Heer, 1847
* '' Dermestes persimilis'' Crotch, 1873
* '' Dermestes peruvianus'' Laporte, 1840
* '' Dermestes planus'' Mroczkowski, 1960
* '' Dermestes progenior'' Zhantiev, 2006
* '' Dermestes pulcher'' LeConte, 1854
* '' Dermestes rapax'' Christofori & Jan, 1832
* '' Dermestes rattus'' LeConte, 1854
* '' Dermestes reductus'' Kalík, 1952
* '' Dermestes roubali'' (Kalík, 1951)
* '' Dermestes ruficornis'' Sturm, 1843
* '' Dermestes rufofuscus'' Solier, 1849
* '' Dermestes sardous'' Küster, 1846
* '' Dermestes schneideri'' Háva, 2002
* '' Dermestes semistriatus'' Boheman, 1851
* '' Dermestes serraticornis'' Thunberg, 1787
* '' Dermestes shaanxiensis'' Cao, 1987
* ''Dermestes sibiricus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Derm ...
'' Erichson, 1848
* '' Dermestes sichuanicus'' Háva, 1999
* '' Dermestes signatus'' LeConte, 1874
* '' Dermestes solskyi'' Dalla Torre, 1911
* '' Dermestes spadiceus'' elsheimer, 1806
* '' Dermestes spinipennis'' Christofori & Jan, 1832
* '' Dermestes sturmi'' Christofori & Jan, 1832
* '' Dermestes subaenescens'' Pic, 1943
* '' Dermestes szekessyi'' Kalík, 1950
* '' Dermestes talpinus'' Mannerheim, 1843
* '' Dermestes teretiusculus'' Schneider, 1785
* '' Dermestes tertiarius'' Wickham, 1912
* '' Dermestes tessellatocollis'' Motschulsky, 1860
* '' Dermestes undulatus'' Brahm, 1790
* '' Dermestes vetustus'' Zhantiev, 2006
* ''Dermestes viridanus
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Derm ...
'' Melsheimer, 1806
* ''Dermestes viridis
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Der ...
'' Schneider, 1785
* ''Dermestes voi
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Derm ...
'' Háva, 2000
* '' Dermestes vorax'' Motschulsky, 1860
* ''Dermestes wittei
''Dermestes'' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.Magni, P. A., et al. (2015)A biological and procedural review of forensically significant ''Dermestes'' species (Coleoptera: Derm ...
'' Kalík, 1955
References
External links
* on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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''Dermestes ater'', black larder beetle
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