Type deposited in MZPW
Citations & References (9)
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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
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
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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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. (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
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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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
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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