Type deposited in NHRS
Literature and Synonymy
- Dermestes cadaverinus Fabricius, 1775:55 [ZMUC]
- Dermestes piceus Thunberg, 1781:8 [UZIU]
- Dermestes felinus Fabricius, 1787:34 [ZMUC]
- Dermestes domesticus Germar, 1824:83 [ZMUB]
- Dermestes domesticus Gebler in Ledebour, 1830:99 (nn)
- Dermestes cinereus Motschulsky, 1848:563 [ZMUM]
- Dermestes cadaverinus ab. domesticus: Erichson, 1846:430
- Dermestes domesticus: Gebler, 1847:446
- Dermestes hispidulus Montrouzier, 1860:264 [?]
- Dermestes chinensis Motschulsky, 1866:168 [ZMUM]
- Dermestes subcostatus Murray, 1867:22 [BMNH]
- Dermestes noxius Mulsant & Rey, 1867:55 [MNHN]
- Dermestes cadavericus [sic!]: Salvañá Comas, 1870:16
- Dermestes domesticus var. subsulcatus Ballion, 1878:277 [ZMAS]
- Dermestes cadaverinus var. subsulcatus: Heyden, 1881:98
- Dermestes favarcqui Godard, 1883:383 [MNHN]
- Dermestes ater var. domestica: Blackwelder, 1945:395
- Dermestes ater: Lepesme, 1950:61
- Dermestes rufoapicalis Pic, 1951c:7 [MNHN]
- Dermestes ater var. subsulcatus: Mroczkowski, 1968:46
- Dermestes cadaverinus var. domesticus [sic!]: Averensky, 1999:31
- Dermestes ater domesticus [sic!]: Yan et al., 2010:214
- Dermestes ater ab. ceylonicus Kalík (un): Háva, 2017h:288
- Dermestes ater: Wu, Hu & Li, 2020:3483
- Dermestes haemorrhoidalis [sic!]: Baek et al., 2023:49
- Dermestes senegalensis Buquet: Heer (un)
- Dermestes longipennis Heer (un)
Biology
Larva: Rees, 1947:10; Zhantiev, 1998:896; Prins, 1984:219; Kiselyova & McHugh, 2006:473