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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles (Bostrichoidea) » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Anthrenini » Trogoderma

Genus Trogoderma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Female? - Trogoderma glabrum - female Orange dermestid larva grows up! - Trogoderma ornatum Orange dermestid larva grows up! - Trogoderma ornatum - female Thought carpet beetle, but truly unsure?? - Trogoderma ornatum CARPET BEETLE, Trogoderma - Trogoderma Dermestid on Acacia in California - Trogoderma Anthrenus? - Trogoderma What kind of beetle is this? - Trogoderma
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Berthold, 1827
Explanation of Names
trogo is Greek for nibble, gnaw
derma is Greek for skin (1)
Numbers
15 spp. (2)
Range
"generally distributed" (2)
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.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.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 Eric R. Eaton on 10 January, 2006 - 2:39pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, onegunah
Last updated 9 January, 2010 - 9:55pm

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