Type deposited in MZPW
Synonyms (4)
Dermestes pollinctus Hope in Pettigrew, 1834
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Citations & References (32)
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Kugelann J.G. (1792). Verzeichniss der in einigen Gegenden Preussens bis jetzt entdeckten Käfer-Arten, nebst kurzen Nachrichten von denselben. Fortsetzung. Neuestes Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie 1: 477-512.
Original Description
p. 478
HOPE F. W. 1834a: Dermestidae. In: PETTIGREW T. J.: A History of Egyptian Mummies. London: Longman & al. Édit., 264 pp.
= Dermestes pollinctus
Synonym Description
p. 54
Erichson W.F. (1846). Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera. Berlin: Nicholaische Buchhandlung (No. 3), pp. 419-463.
= Dermestes pollinctus (as Dermestes frischii) —
[Mroczkowski (1968) catalogue refers to Erichson's article for synonymy between pollinctus and frischii]
Synonymy
p. 429
Motschulsky V.I. (1849). Coléoptères recus d'un Voyage de M. Handschum dens le Middi de l'Espagne, énumérés et suivis de notes. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 22(3): 52-153.
as Dermestes fritschii [sic!]
p. 89
Bell M. (1869). Verzeichniss der bis jetzt in der Umgegend von Jaroslav aufgefundenen Käfer. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 42(1): 143-170.
as Dermestes teischii [sic!]
p. 154
Haberfelner J. (1889). Ueber entomologische Zuchthäuser. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, pp. 389-394.
as Dermestes frischii
p. 59
PIC M. 1895b: Notes complementaires ou observations diverses a propos d´especes et varétés omises ou cataloguées. L´Échange, Revue Linnéenne 11: 110-120.
as Dermestes Frishy [sic!] v. uniformis
p. 116
Obenberger J. (1917). II. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Käfer-fauna. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82(1-4): 9-45.
= Dermestes frischii heyrovskyi (as Dermestes Frischii ssp. Heyrovskyi)
Synonym Description
p. 32
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.
Immature / Larva
p. 250
Cobos A. (1950). Datos para el catalogo de los coleopteros de España. Especies de los alrededores de Málaga. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (1949) 47(9-10): 563-609.
as Dermestes fritschi [sic!]
p. 585
Pic M. (1951). Descriptions diverses et notes. Diversités Entomologiques 8: 7-16.
= Dermestes frischii rufimembris (as Dermestes frischii var. rufimembris)
Synonym Description
p. 7
MARCU O. 1957: Contributii la cunoasterea faunei Coleopteleror Transilvaniei. Bulletinul Universitatii“Babes Bolyai“, Seria Stiintele Naturii, Cluj 1: 527-544.
= Dermestes frischii sternimaculatus (as Dermestes frischii var. sternimaculatus)
Synonym Description
p. 531
FRILLI F. 1960: Note sugli insetti che si riscontrano più comunemente dei magazzini del Piacentino. Annali della Facoltà di Agraria - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 8(2): 69-117.
as Dermestes sibiricus
p. 112
Peacock E.R. (1993). Adults and larvae of hide, larder, and carpet beetles and their relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid beetle (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Royal Entomological Society of London (No. 3), pp. 1-144.
Immature / LarvaIdentification Key
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ALEKSANDROWICZ O. R., LOPATIN I. K., PISANENKO A. D., TSINKEVITCH V. A. & SNITKO S. M. A. 1996: A Catalogue of Coleoptera (Insecta) of Belarus. Fund of Fundamental Investigations of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, 103 pp.
as Dermestes frishii [sic!]
p. 34
Zhantiev R.D., Volkova T.G. (1999). Личинки жуков-кожеедов рода Dermestes (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) России и сопредельных стран. 2. подрод Dermestinus. [Larvae of Dermestid beetles from the Genus Dermestes (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) in Russia and adjacent countries. 2. Dermestinus subgenus.]. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 78: 170-180.
Immature / Larva
p. 174
Háva J. (1999). Contribution to the knowledge of the Old World Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Part 2: Genus Dermestes. Folia Heyrovskyana 7(3-4): 141-150.
as Dermestes frischii
p. 142
= Dermestes frischii heyrovskyi (as Dermestes frischii)
Synonymy
p. 142
Abivardi C. (2001). Iranian Entomology, An Introduction. Volume 2: Applied Entomology. Zürich: Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Schriftenreihe der Stiftung Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee), pp. 445-1033.
as Dermestes fritschi [sic!]
p. 682
REES D. 2004: Insects of Stored Products. CSIRO Publishing, 181 pp.
as Dermestes frishii [sic!]
p. 61
MAGANA C., ANDARA C., CONTRERAS M. J., CORONADO A., GUERRERO E., HERNÁNDEZ D., HERRERA M., JIMÉNEZ M., LIENDO C., LIMONGI J., LIRIA J., MAVÁREZ M., OVIEDO M., PINANGO J., RODRÍGUEZ I., SOTO A., SANDOVAL M. F., SÁNCHEZ J., SEIJAS N., TIAPE Z. & VELÁSQUEZ Y. 2006: Estudio preliminar de la fauna de insectos asociada a cadáveres en Maracay, Venezuela. Entomotropica 20(1): 53-59.
as Dermestes frishii [sic!]
p. 56
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.
as Dermestes (Dermestinus) frischii —
Shows full Palearctic distributions (other editions have it shortened to continents)
DistributionCatalogue
p. 300
JIANG S., JI Y., QU CH., MA T. & DING B. 2012: A list of Insects on stored tradtional Chinese medicinal (TCM) materials in Anhui Province of China. Plant Diseases and Pests 3(5-6): 16-18.
as Dermestes firschii [sic!]
p. 16
Florent B.O.S., Lucie A.T., Judith G.A., Patricia W.S., Innocent Z., Salomon N., Ponel-Béranger L.D., Ernest K., Silla S. (2015). The Efficient Role of Dermestes in Damage of Fish in Bangui (Central African Republic). Advances in Entomology 03(03): 111-117.
as Dermestes frishii [sic!]
p. 111
TAMADOUNI I. & ARAHOU M. 2017: Settlement of beetles of the Wetland of Sidi Moussa-Oualidia. Journal of Entomology 14: 33-43.
as Dermestes frischi [sic!]
p. 38
Díaz-Aranda L.M., Martín-Vega D., Baz A., Cifrián B. (2018). Larval identification key to necrophagous Coleoptera of medico-legal importance in the western Palaearctic. International Journal of Legal Medicine 132(6): 1795-1804.
Immature / LarvaIdentification Key
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Henríquez-Valido P., Morales J., Vidal-Matutano P., Moreno-Benítez M., Marchante-Ortega Á., Rodríguez-Rodríguez A., Huchet J.B. (2020). Archaeoentomological indicators of long-term food plant storage at the Prehispanic granary of La Fortaleza (Gran Canaria, Spain). Journal of Archaeological Science 120: 105179.
Subfossil record of 1 intact specimen from a 6th–14th c. AD cave granary (La Fortaleza, Gran Canaria); non-pest scavenger likely colonizing post-abandonment. Additionally, 83 generic Dermestidae pronota and 4 pupae were recorded
Paleontology
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Amr Z.S. (2021). The state of biodiversity in Kuwait.
as Dermestes frisehii [sic!]
p. 188
Siqueira S.G.L., Mansur K.F.R., Iwasa-Arai T., Leite F.P.P. (2021). First observations on surface activity of sandy beach arthropods at the pristine marine reserve of Rocas Atoll, northeastern Brazil. Regional Studies in Marine Science 44: 101765.
as Dermestes cadaverinus [sic!]
p. 4
Hu G., Chen Y., Li L., Guo Y., Wang Y., Miao L., Yang Y., Wang J., Wang Y., Tao L. (2023). Developmental models and morphological characteristics of the hide beetle, Dermestes frischii, under different constant temperatures. Journal of Stored Products Research 104: 102168.
Immature / Larva
p. 10
Habbaz H., Maatouf N., Lumaret J.P., Rohi L. (2025). The beetles (Coleoptera) associated with the Maamora cork oak forest in the north-west of Morocco. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11(1): 39-84.
as Dermestes frichii [sic!]
p. 55
Henríquez-Valido P., Brito-Mayor A., Rodríguez-Rodríguez A., Morales J., Santana J., Brito-Abrante I., Huchet J.B. (2026). Decomposing in the dark. Experimental approaches to funerary archaeoentomology in volcanic caves. Forensic Science International: Synergy 12(100653): 1-15.
Dermestes frischii on figure [misidentified as D. maculatus; but likely both species present on the research site, D. maculatus was determined by spine of the elytra by authors - P. Henríquez-Valido, pers. comm., 20 May 2026]
Paleontology
p. 4, Fig. 7m
Biology
Larva: Hu et al., 2023:10 ;Peacock, 1993 ;Díaz-Aranda et al., 2018 ;Zhantiev & Volkova, 1999:174 ;Hinton, 1945:250

Distribution

Africa

America (South & Central)

Asia

Australia & Oceania

Europe

North America

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Dermestes frischii)

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