Species Trogoderma ornatum

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Bostrichoidea (Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles)

Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)

Tribe Anthrenini

Genus Trogoderma

Species ornatum (Trogoderma ornatum)

Other Common Names

Ornate Cabinet Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Megatoma ornata Say 1825

Syn: Trogoderma pusillum LeConte, 1854

Numbers

15 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

1.9 – 3.6 mm

Remarks

"T. ornatum is not particularly common, but is found in the eastern U. S. across the Great Plains. Adults are usually found on flowers. It is a species predatory on wasp and bee larvae found in tunnels in trees."

-US Dermestidae authority Richard Beal in personal communication to Jim McClarin

Print References

Beal, R.S., Jr. 1954. Biology and taxonomy of Nearctic species of Trogoderma. University Of California Publications in Entomology, 10: 35–102.

Beal, R.S., Jr. 1956. Synopsis of the economic species of Trogoderma occurring in the United States with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 49: 559-566.

Internet References

TYPE - Harvard, MCZ

Dermestidae

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 30 March, 2007 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 August, 2009 - 9:50pm

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