Type deposited in NHRS
Literature and Synonymy
- Dermestes marginatus Thunberg, 1781:7 [UZIU]
- Dermestes vulpinus Fabricius, 1781:64 [BMNH]
- Dermestes australis Dejean, 1821:46 (nn)
- Dermestes senex Germar, 1824:84 [ZMUB]
- Dermestes lateralis Sturm, 1826:130 (nn)
- Dermestes senegalensis Christofori & Jan, 1832:30 (nn)
- Dermestes australis MacLeay: Dejean, 1833:124 (nn)
- Dermestes senegalensis Dejean, 1833:124 (nn)
- Dermestes lupinus Christofori & Jan, 1832:89 (nn)
- Dermestes elongatus Hope in Pettigrew, 1834a:55 [OXUM]
- Dermestes roei Hope in Pettigrew, 1834a:55 [OXUM]
- Dermestes australis MacLeay: Boisduval, 1835:146
- Dermestes lupinus Eschscholtz in Mannerheim, 1843:257 [MCZC]
- Dermestes vulpinus var. senex Dahl [sic!]: Villa & Villa, 1844:38
- Dermestes semistriatus Boheman, 1851:583 (pars)
- Dermestes vulpinus var. lupinus: LeConte, 1854:109
- Dermestes vulpinus var. senex Dahl [sic!]: Galeazzi, 1854:8
- Dermestes cinereus Redtenbacher, 1867:43 [NHMW]
- Dermestes rattulus Mulsant & Rey, 1868:30 [MNHN]
- Dermestes vulpinus var. sudanicus Gredler, 1878:506 [GGFB]
- Dermestes vulpinus var. senex: Reitter, 1906:377
- Dermestes vulpinus var. rattulus: Dalla Torre, 1911:50
- Dermesters vnlpinus [sic!]: Matsumura, 1915:85
- Dermestes truncatus Casey, 1916:180 [USNM]
- Dermestes maculatus var. kurseongensis Lepesme, 1939:192 [MNHN]
- Dermestes maculatus ab. rattulus: Lepesme, 1950:46
- Dermestes kurseongensis: Lepesme, 1950:48
- Dermestes maculatus var. cyprius Pic, 1951c:7 [MNHN]
- Dermestes maculatus ssp. pakistanicus Havelka, 1951b:143 [NMPC]
- Dermestes maculatus ssp. vulpinus: Kalík, 1955a:93
- Dermestes maculatus vulpinus ab. nigropubescens Kalík, 1955a:94 (nn)
- Dermestes maculatus vulpinus ab. nigropubescens Kalík, 1955b:295 [ZSMC]
- Dermestes vulpinus v. gattulus [sic!]: Quentin, 1955:5
- Dermestes vulpinus ab. rattulus: Shaw, 1966:264
- Dermestes maculatus ab. nigropubescens: Mroczkowski, 1968:56
- Dermestes meculatus [sic!]: Li, 1988:358
- Dermestes maculatus pakistanicus: Háva, 1999a:134
- Dermestes maculata [sic!]: Hua, 2002:101
- Dermestes maculates [sic!]: Jiang et al., 2012:16
- Dermestes vulpinus [sic!]: Amr, 2021:188
- Dermestes maculates [sic!]: Al-Saffar & Augul, 2022:181
Biology
Larva: Hinton, 1945b:250; Rees, 1947:13; Prins, 1984:214; Zhantiev, 1999:174