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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Megatominae » Megatomini » Trogodermina » Trogoderma

Genus Trogoderma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Dermestid on Acacia in California - Trogoderma Trogoderma - ? - Trogoderma sternale - female Small hairy beetle - Trogoderma Trogoderma versicolor - Trogoderma Trogoderma sp? - Trogoderma ballfinchae Beetle swept from vegetation in chaparral - Trogoderma sternale Trogoderma inclusum Trogoderma? - Trogoderma sternale
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Dermestidae (Carpet Beetles)
Subfamily Megatominae
Tribe Megatomini
Subtribe Trogodermina
Genus Trogoderma
Explanation of Names
Trogoderma Berthold 1827
Greek 'nibble, gnaw' + 'skin'
Numbers
15 spp. in our area(1), >170 total(2)
Identification
key to spp. in (3)
Range
worldwide
Food
a few spp. appear to be predatory on wasp/bee larvae or spider eggs(4)
Works Cited
1.Annotated checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with revised key to genera
Beal, R.S. 2003. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 57: 391-404.
2.Háva J. (2023) World catalogue of the Dermestidae
3.Synopsis of the Economic Species of Trogoderma Occurring in the United States with Description of a New Species
RS Beal. 1956. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 49, Issue 6.
4.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 10 January, 2006 - 2:39pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 20 December, 2024 - 8:31pm

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