Dermestes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Bostrichiformia
Superfamilia: Bostrichoidea

Familia: Dermestidae
Subfamilia: Dermestinae
Tribus: Dermestini
Genus: Dermestes
Subgenera: D. (Dermalius) - D. (Dermestes) - D. (Dermestinus) - D. (Montandonia)

Species: D. ater – D. aurichalceus – D. bicolor – D. boliviensis – D. caninus – D. carnivorus – D. coarctatus – D. coronatus – D. depressus – D. dimidiatus – D. elegans – D. elongatissimus – D. erichsoni – D. fasciatus – D. fasciventris – D. freudei – D. frischi – D. fuliginosus – D. fulvicollis – D. gerstaeckeri – D. gyllenhalii – D. haemorrhoidalis – D. hankae – D. hirticollis – D. hispanicus – D. impressipennis – D. intermedius – D. kafkai – D. kaszabi – D. laniarius – D. laosensis – D. lardarius – D. larvalis – D. latissimus – D. leechi – D. leopardinus – D. loebli – D. maculatus – D. madagascariensis – D. marmoratus – D. marocanus – D. maximus – D. murinus – D. nan – D. nidum – D. normandi – D. olivieri – D. palmi – D. pardalis – D. patagoniensis – D. pauper – D. peruvianus – D. planus – D. progenior – D. pulcher – D. rattus – D. reductus – D. roubali – D. rufofuscus – D. sardous – D. schneideri – D. semistriatus – D. shaanxiensis – D. sibiricus – D. sichuanicus – D. signatus – D. solskyi – D. subaenescens – D. szekessyi – D. talpinus – D. tertiarius – D. tessellatocollis – D. undulatus – D. vetustus – D. voi – D. vorax – D. wittei

Nomina dubia: D. colon – D. eustatius – D. psyllius

Name

Dermestes Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: masculine
Type species Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, 1758

References

Háva, J. 2007c. Contribution to knowledge of Neotropical species of the „Dermestes bicolor species group“ (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Studies and reports of District Museum Prague-East (taxonomical series) 3(1-2): 43–46. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Kadej M., 2010: Contribution to the Dermestidae from Kyrgyzstan. Part 2 (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea). Genus, 21 (2): 219–228. Full article: [1].
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 354. Reference page.
Dermestidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 23 April 2013
Carpet beetles of the genus Dermestes (Dermestidae) - atlas of carpet beetles of Russia

Vernacular names
русский: Кожееды

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

Dermestes affinis Sturm, 1843
Dermestes argentinus Herrmann & Háva, 2013[3]
Dermestes ater DeGeer, 1774
Dermestes aurichalceus Küster, 1846
Dermestes avidus 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 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 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 Linnaeus, 1758
Dermestes larvalis Cockerell, 1917
Dermestes latissimus Bielz, 1850
Dermestes lectulalius Goeze, 1777
Dermestes leechi Kalík, 1952
Dermestes leopardinus 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, 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

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.
Dermestes maculatus De Geer, 1774. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Pest Insects of our Cultural Heritage.
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.