Type deposited in BMNH
Literature and Synonymy
- Dermestes murinus Olivier, 1790:9 (hn) [?MNHN]
- Dermestes vulpecula Herbst, 1791:123 [ZMUB]
- Dermestes tessellatus Illiger, 1802:84 (hn) [ZMUB]
- Dermestes caninus Gravenhorst, 1807:144 [?]
- Dermestes tessellatus var. vulpecula: Dejean, 1821:46
- Dermestes variegatus Brullé, 1832:163 [MNHN]
- Dermestes dissector Kirby, 1837:115 [BMNH]
- Dermestes undatus Brok [sic!]: Galeazzi, 1854 :8
- Dermestes tessulatus [sic!] Ill.: Schlosser-Klekovski, 1877:323
- Dermestes cylindricus Casey, 1916:181 [USNM]
- Dermestes undulatus ab. nigroclava Kalík, 1946b:134 [SMNS]
- Dermestes undulatus ab. roseipennis Lepesme, 1950:46 [MNHN]
- Dermestes pardalis [sic!]: Angelov, 1988:153
- Dermestes undulatus ssp. martensi Kalík (un): Schawaller, 1994:27 (nn)
- Dermestes undulatus ssp. martensi Kalík (un): Háva, 2003k:251 [SMNS]
- Dermestes undulatus: Háva, 2007c:57
- Dermestes dermestinus [sic!] undulatus: Daisie, 2009:238
- Dermestes undulates [sic!]: Pushkin, 2010:142
- Dermestes undulates [sic!]: Pushkin, 2015a:136
- Dermestes undulatus: Singh & Bala, 2019:4
Biology
Larva: Hinton, 1945b:250; Zhantiev, 1999:177