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Dermestes signatus

species
LeConte, 1874 [p. 50]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Type deposited in MCZC
Citations & References (4)
Type / Badges
Page
Leconte J.L. (1874). Descriptions of New Coleoptera chiefly from the Pacific Slope of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5: 43-72.
Original Description
p. 50
Jayne H.F. (1882). Revision of the Dermestidae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20: 343-377.
as Dermestes lardarius var. signatus
p. 353
Rees B.E. (1947). Taxonomy of the larvae of some North American species of the genus Dermestes (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 49: 1-14.
as Dermestes signatus
Immature / Larva
p. 11
Mroczkowski M. (1968). Distribution of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) of the world with a catalogue of all known species. Annales Zoologici 26(3): 15-191.
as Dermestes signatus
p. 61
Biology
Larva: Rees, 1947:11

Distribution

North America

  • Canada
  • U.S.A.

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Dermestes signatus)

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