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Brahm, 1790 [p. 114]
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Type deposited in
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Synonyms
(2)
Dermestes dissector
Kirby, 1837
synonym
Dermestes cylindricus
Casey, 1916
synonym
Citations & References
(28)
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Taxonomy (7)
Keys (4)
Distribution (7)
Biology (3)
All (28)
Direct (26)
Synonyms (2)
Type / Badges
Page
Brahm N.J. (1790). Insektenkalender für Sammler und Oekonomen. Handbuch der ökonomischen Insektengeschichte in Form eines Kalenders bearbeitet. Erster Theil, [part II]. Mainz: Kurfürstl. Privil. Universitätsbuchhandlung, pp. 129-248.
Original Description
p. 114
OLIVIER A. G. 1790: Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Insectes, Avec leurs caracteres génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur syninymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coleoptéres. Tome Second. No. 9. Dermeste. 16 pp., No. 14 Anthrene. Paris: de Baudouin, 10 pp.
as
Dermestes murinus
Revision
Catalogue
p. 9
Herbst J.F.W. (1792). Dermestidae. In: Jablonksy C.G. (ed.), Natursystem aller bekanten in- und ausländischen Insekten, als Eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Käfer vierter Theil. Heft 1. Berlin: J. Pauli, pp. 1-197.
as
Dermestes tessellatus
—
grouped with Dermestes caninus
Revision
p. 122
Fabricius J.C. (1801). Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Kiliae: Bibliopolii Academici Novi (No. 1), xxiv + 506 pp.
as
Dermestes tessellatus
Catalogue
p. 315
ILLIGER J. K. W. 1802: Nachtrag und Berichtigungen zum Verzeichnisse der Käfer Preussens. Magazin für Insektenkunde, Braunschweig 1 (1801): vi + ii + 1-94.
as
Dermestes tessellatus [Fabricius?]
p. 84
GRAVENHORST J. L. C. 1807: Vergleichende Uebersicht des Linneischen und einiger neuern zoologischen Systeme nebst dem eingeschatteten Verzeichnisse der zoologischen Sammlung des Verfassers und den Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, die in derselben vorhanden sind. Göttingen: H. Dieterich, xx + 476 pp.
as
Dermestes caninus
p. 144
Dejean P.F.M.A. (1821). Catalogue de la collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris: Crevot.
as
Dermestes tessellatus var. vulpecula
Catalogue
p. 46
Brullé M. (1832). Des Animaux Articulés. Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques (sous la direction de M. Bory de Saint-Vincent). Tome III. 1re Partie. Zoologie. Deuxiéme Section - Des animaux articulés. Paris: F. G. Levraut, 395 pp.
as
Dermestes variegatus
p. 163
KIRBY W. 1837: Part the fourth and last. The Insects. In: RICHARDSON J. (ed.): Fauna Boreali-Americana, or the Zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R. N. Norwich: J. Fletcher, Norwich, xxxix + 325 pp. + 2 p., 8 pls.
=
Dermestes dissector
Synonym Description
p. 115
Castelnau F., Blanchard E., Lucas H. (1840). Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés, annelides, crustacés, arachnides, myriapodes et insectes. Paris: M. Duménil (No. 2), 564 pp.
as
Dermestes tessellatus
Revision
p. 34
Galeazzi G. (1854). Coleoptera Europae dupleta que pro mutua commutatione offeri possunt. Milano: Contrada della Passione (No. 247), 19 pp.
as
Dermestes undatus Brok [sic!]
p. 8
Leesberg A.F.A. (1876). [Some remarks concerning the metamorphosis of
Dermestes undulatus
]. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 19: xlii.
as
Dermestes undulatus
—
—
SCHLOSSER-KLEKOVSKI J. K. 1877: Fauna Kornjašah. Trojedne Kraljevine. Svezak Prvi. Zagreb: Jugoslavenska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti, 342 pp. (in Yugoslavian)
as
Dermestes tessulatus [sic!] Ill.
p. 323
Casey T.L. (1916). Some random studies among the Clavicornia. Dermestidae. Memoirs on the Coleoptera. VII. Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., pp. 1-300.
=
Dermestes cylindricus
Synonym Description
p. 181
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
KASZAB Z. & SZÉKESSY V. 1950: Bátorliget bogár-faunája Coleoptera. [Beetle fauna of Bátorliget, Coleoptera]. In: SZÉKESSY V. (ed.): Bátorliget élővilága. (Die Tier- und Pflanzenwelt des Naturschutzgebietes von Bátorliget und seiner Umgebung.) Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, pp. 194-285.
as
Dermestes undulatus
p. 46
Angelov P. (1988). Über die Arten der Familie Dermestidae in Bulgarien. Trudy Plovdivskovo Universiteta Paisii Khilendarski 26: 151-161 (in Bulgarian, German summary).
as
Dermestes pardalis [sic!]
p. 153
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 / Larva
Identification Key
—
Schawaller W. (1994). Die Käfersammlung am Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A, Biologie 508: 1-40.
as
Dermestes undulatus ssp. martensi Kalík (un)
p. 27
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. 177
Háva J. (2003). New and interesting Dermestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Nepal - III. In: Hartmann M., Baumbach H. (eds.), Biodiversity and Natural Heritage in the Himalaya. Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt e. V., pp. 251-253.
as
Dermestes undulatus ssp. martensi Kalík (un)
p. 251
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) undulatus
—
Shows full European distributions (other editions have it shortened to just "EU")
Distribution
Catalogue
p. 302
DAISIE 2009: List of alien species in Europe and to Europe. In: Handbook of alien species in Europe. Invading Nature Springer Series in Invasion Ecology. Volume 3. Springer Science, 26 + 399 pp.
as
Dermestes dermestinus [sic!] undulatus
p. 238
PUSHKIN S. V. 2010: Nekrobiontnye zhestkokrylye (Insecta; Coleoptera) Juga Rossii. Stavropol, 190 pp. (in Russian)
as
Dermestes undulates [sic!]
p. 142
PUSHKIN S. V. 2015a: Nekrobiontnye zhestkokrylye (Insecta, Coleoptera) juga Rossii. Monografia. Moskva- Berlin: DirectMEDIA, 183 pp. (in Russian)
as
Dermestes undulates [sic!]
p. 136
SINGH N. & BALA M. 2019: Succession study on forensically important Coleoptera from India: a preliminary study and its forensic implications. Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 9(66): 1-8.
as
Dermestes undulatus
p. 4
Holloway G.J., Herrmann A. (2025). The Palaearctic Dermestes undulatus Brahm 1790 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Dermestinae) species complex: descriptions of neotype and three new species. Natural History Sciences. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scinze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 12(2): 48-56.
as
Dermestes undulatus
Type Designation
Revision
p. 49
Holloway G.J., Herrmann A. (2026). Dermestes undulatus Brahm, 1790 species complex (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Dermestinae): A reply to Háva. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 34: 23-27.
as
Dermestes undulatus
—
Compared in regards to synonymy with Dermestes undulatus
—
p. 24
Biology
Larva:
Peacock, 1993
;
Zhantiev & Volkova, 1999:177
;
Hinton, 1945:250
Distribution
Africa
Algeria
Congo
(intr.)
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
Canary Is.
Asia
Afghanistan
Bhutan
China
India
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
North Korea
Pakistan
Russia
Syria
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Europe
Widespread
Cyprus
North America
Canada
U.S.A
Taxon details
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(Dermestes undulatus)
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