Type deposited in ZMUC
Literature and Synonymy
- Dermestes carniforus: Goeze, 1777:141
- Dermestes versicolor Laporte de Castelnau, 1840:33 [MNHN]
- Dermestes mexicanus Children, 1843:11 (nn)
- Dermestes humeralis Solier: Gaubil, 1849:74 (nn)
- Dermestes mucoreus LeConte, 1854:108 [MCZC]
- Dermestes sobrinus LeConte, 1854:108 [MCZC]
- Dermestes muscoreus Reitter, 1881a:28 [HNHM]
- Dermestes impressicollis Reitter, 1881a:29 [HNHM]
- Dermestes humeralis Solier: Fleutiaux, 1889:392 (nn)
- Dermestes carnivorus var. doemmlingi Meier, 1899:99 [ZMUH]
- Dermestes carnivorus: Linell, 1899:256
- Dermestes unicolor Lepesme, 1950:44 [MNHN]
- Dermestes carnivorus ab. dommlingi [sic!]: Lepesme, 1950:56
- Dermestes unicolor: Kalík, 1952b:46
- Dermestes sobrinus: Kalík, 1952b:47
- Dermestes nucoreus [sic!]: Liu & Zhang, 1986:47
- Dermestes carnivorus: Háva, 1999a:133
- Dermestes carnivorus: Háva, 2000e:162
- Dermestes carnivorus: Háva, 2002e:30
- Dermestes leucogaster Heer (un)
- Dermestes mexicanus Dupont: Heer (un)
Biology
Larva: Rees, 1947:13; Peacock, 1993:48