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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) » Hide and Tallow Dermestid (Dermestes talpinus)

Species Dermestes talpinus - Hide and Tallow Dermestid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Works Cited
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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 talpinus (Hide and Tallow Dermestid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
≡Dermestes undulatus talpinus
Explanation of Names
Dermestes talpinus Mannerheim 1843
Size
5‒8 mm(1)
Range
NA, northern transcontinental (AK‒NT‒NS south to OR‒IN‒NY)(2)(3)(1)
Print References
species page(4)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Háva J. (2023) World catalogue of the Dermestidae
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.Herrmann A. (200?‒) Pictures of some dermestid species
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 October, 2005 - 5:51am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 May, 2024 - 1:42pm

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