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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Dermestes » subgenus Dermestinus (Dermestes subgenus Dermestinus) » Fringed Larder Beetle (Dermestes frischi)

Species Dermestes frischi - Fringed Larder Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)

Genus Dermestes

No Taxon (subgenus Dermestinus)

Species frischi (Fringed Larder Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

sometimes frischii (1)

Explanation of Names

Dermestes frischi Kugelann 1792

Size

6–10 mm(2)

Identification

Range

adventive and widespread in NA, but absent across se US - Map (3)(4)(5)(1), native to the Old World (origin unknown; non-native in Europe), now nearly cosmopolitan in warm regions(6)(7)

Habitat

outdoors, on carrion and animal skins; common in granaries, warehouses, shops, and dwellings on stored products, incl. fishmeal, smoked meat, bone and bone meal, feathers, and skins(2)(4)

Season

Mar-Sept (BG data)

Food

carrion, skins, various stored animal products(2)

Internet References

Dermestidae.com - Andreas Herrmann

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

2.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

3.	Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska

4.	Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.

5.	The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia) C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.

6.	Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae -- Chapter 8.5 Denux O., Zagatti P. 2010. BioRisk 4: 315–406.

7.	Háva J. (2018) World catalogue of the Dermestidae

Contributed by Boris Büche on 6 August, 2007 - 8:25am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 April, 2022 - 11:02am

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