Dermestidae

family
Latreille, 1804 [p. 142]
Citations & References (28)
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Latreille P.A. (1804). Tableau méthodique des insectes. In: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'agriculture et à l'économie rurale et domestique, par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Paris: Déterville, pp. 129-200.
Earliest known publication to establish family Dermestidae, according to Bouchard et al. (2011: p. 333)
Original Description
p. 142
Latreille P.A. (1804). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini. Paris: F. Dufart (No. IX), pp. 1-416, pls. 74-80.
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p. 233
Latreille P.A. (1807). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundem ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Parisiis et Argentorati: A. Koenig, pp. 1-280.
Publication used in Mroczkowski (1968) and Hava (2003) catalogues as the earliest literature to establish Dermestidae
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p. 3
Gyllenhal L. (1808). Insecta Suecica descripta. Scaris: F. J. Leverentz, xii + 4 + 572 pp.
as Dermestideae
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p. 145
Leach W.E. (1815). Entomology. In: Brewster D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopedia; or dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. Edinburgh: B.W. Blackwood, pp. 384.
as Dermestides
p. 94
NEWMAN E. 1834: Attempted Division of British Insects into Natural Orders. Entomologist´s Magazine History Naturales 2: 379-431.
as Dermestites
p. 416
Castelnau F., Blanchard E., Lucas H. (1840). Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés, annelides, crustacés, arachnides, myriapodes et insectes. Paris: M. Duménil (No. 2), 564 pp.
as Dermestins
p. 32
HEER O. 1841b: Fauna Coleopterorum Helvetica. Pars 1. Turici: Impensis Orelii, Fuesslini et Sociorum, xii + 652 pp.
as Dermestida
p. 434
Agassiz J.L.R. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri: Jean et Gassmann, viii + 393 pp.
as Dermestoidae
p. 120
Klug E. (1855). Verzeichniss der in der Umgebung von Olmüz vorfommenden Käfer. Jahresberichte Realschule Olmütz 1: 6-18.
as Dermestoidae
p. 10
Gemminger M., Harold E.V. (1868). Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Monachii: E. H. Gummi (No. 3), 753–978 + 5 pp. pp.
as Thorictidae, Dermestidae
Catalogue
p. 911-922
Mulsant E., Rey C. (1868). Histoire Naturelle des Coléopteres de France. Paris: F. Savy, 186 pp.
as Scuticolles
p. 1
Dalla Torre K.W. (1911). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 33: Nosodendridae, Byrrhidae, Dermestidae. Berlin: W. Junk (Coleopterorum Catalogus), 96 pp.
Catalogue
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Reitter E., Lutz K.G. (1911). Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Fauna Germanica 3: 436 + 128 plates.
as Dermestidae —
Beetles of Germany
Identification Key
p. 147-156
Winkler A. (1926). Pars. 6. Dermestidae pp. 675-682; Thorictidae pp. 734-736. In: Catalogus Coleopterorum Regionis Palaearcticae. Wien: A. Winkler, pp. 675-682, 734–736.
as Dermestidae, Thorictidae —
Catalogue of Coleoptera for Palaearctic region
Catalogue
p. 675-682, 734-736
Hinton H.E. (1945). A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London: Order of the Trustees of the British Museum (No. 1), viii+443 pp.
as Dermestidae —
Important monograph on the family covering and revising several species
Taxonomic Note Identification KeyEconomic
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Mroczkowski M. (1968). Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici 26(3): 15-191.
World catalogue of Dermestidae; does not include what was considered Thorictidae (now Thorictinae/Thorictini)
Taxonomic Note Catalogue
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Lawrence J.F., Newton A.F. (1995). Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). In: Pakaluk J., Ślipiński S.A. (eds.), Biology, Phylogeny and Classification of Coleoptera. Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Warszawa: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, pp. 779-1006 + 48 (index).
Classification
p. 861-863
Zhantiev R.D. (2000). Система и филогения жуков-кожеедов (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). [Classification and Phylogeny of skin beetles (Coleoptera, Dermestidae)]. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 79(3): 297-311 (in Russian, English summary).
PhylogenyClassificationIdentification KeyMorphology
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Háva J. (2003). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Brandýs nad Labem (Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ v Brandýse nad Labem a Staré Boleslavi, Supplementum), pp. 1-196.
Continuation for world catalogue of Mroczkowski (1968)
Catalogue
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Beal R.S. (2003). Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(4): 391-404.
DistributionIdentification KeyClassification
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Háva J. (2004). World keys to the genera and subgenera of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) with descriptions, nomenclature and distributional records. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B, Natural History 60(3-4): 149-164.
Identification KeyClassification
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Háva J. (2007). Dermestidae. In: Löbl I., Smetana A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Stenstrup: Apollo Books, pp. 57, 299-320.
Dermestidae catalogue, restricted to Palearctic area
CatalogueDistribution
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Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., Davies A., Alonso-Zarazaga M., Lawrence J., Lyal C., Newton A., Reid C., Schmitt M., Slipinski A., Smith A. (2011). Family-Group Names In Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1-972.
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p. 55, 333, 891
Háva J. (2015). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Leiden ; Boston: Brill (World catalogue of insects, volume 13), 419 pp.
Continuation for world catalogue of Háva (2003) and Palearctic catalogue of Háva in Löbl & Smetana (2007)
Catalogue
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Zhou Y.L., Nicholls J.A., Liu Z.H., Hartley D., Szito A., Ślipiński A., Zwick A. (2022). Molecular Phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Reveals the Polyphyletic Nature of Trogoderma Latreille and the Taxonomic Placement of the Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(6): 2.
RevisionClassification
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Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., Davies A.E., Cai C. (2024). On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 1194: 1-981.
Classification
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Háva J. (2025). World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, Únětice/Praha, 368 pp.
Continuation for world catalogue of Háva (2015). Notes: [p. 18] correct article for Latreille, 1804:142 is missing from bibliography [p. 302] (a different later publication on Dermestidae is present)
Catalogue
p. 1-368

Type genus

Dermestes Linnaeus, 1758 [p. 342]

Species Overview

Subspecies 58

Taxon details

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