Genus Dermestes

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

Genus Dermestes

Species ater - Dermestes ater
Species caninus - Dermestes caninus
Species frischi - Dermestes frischi
Species lardarius - Larder Beetle
Species maculatus - Dermestes maculatus
Species marmoratus - Dermestes marmoratus
Species talpinus - Dermestes talpinus

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