''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 ...

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, 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 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 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 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'' Sturm, 1843 * '' Dermestes carnivorus'' Fabricius, 1775 * '' Dermestes castaneus'' Thunberg, 1794 * '' Dermestes cinereus'' Dahl, 1823 * '' Dermestes coarctatus'' Harold, 1877 * '' Dermestes coronatus'' Steven in Schönherr, 1808 * '' Dermestes depressus'' Gebler, 1830 * '' Dermestes destructor'' Christofori & Jan, 1832 * '' Dermestes dimidiatus'' 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 * '' Dermestes larvalis'' 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''

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 * '' 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'' 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'' Melsheimer, 1806 * '' Dermestes viridis'' Schneider, 1785 * '' Dermestes voi'' Háva, 2000 * '' Dermestes vorax'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Dermestes wittei'' Kalík, 1955

References

External links

* on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site *
''Dermestes ater'', black larder beetle
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