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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 frischii)

Species Dermestes frischii - Fringed Larder Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Dermestes frischi? - Dermestes frischii beetle - Dermestes frischii Dermestes frischi - Dermestes frischii Dermestes frischi Kugelann - Dermestes frischii Dermestes frischi Kugelann - Dermestes frischii Dermestes - Dermestes frischii Dermestes maculatus - Dermestes frischii Dermestes frischii (female) - Dermestes frischii - female
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 frischii (Fringed Larder Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Dermestes frischii Kugelann 1792
Size
6–10 mm(1)
Range
native to the Old World (origin unknown; non-native in Europe), now nearly cosmopolitan in warm regions(2)(3); widespread in NA north to BC‒NS(4)
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(1)(5)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.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.
3.Háva J. (2023) World catalogue of the Dermestidae
4.Dichotomous key to adults of economically important dermestids (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) of Canada and the United States
Biggs E.M., Herrmann A., Cognato A.I. 2022. CJAI 46: 1‒165.
5.Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide
Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 6 August, 2007 - 8:25am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 May, 2024 - 8:45pm

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