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

Genus Trogoderma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Carpet beetle - Trogoderma glabrum Carpet Beetle - Trogoderma Carpet beetle - Trogoderma Please identify... - Trogoderma Coleoptera - Trogoderma Trogoderma variabile? - Trogoderma Dermestidae? - Trogoderma Beetle 2-3mm - 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)
Tribe Anthrenini
Genus Trogoderma
Explanation of Names
Trogoderma Berthold 1827
Greek 'nibble, gnaw' + 'skin'
Numbers
15 spp. in our area(1), over a hundred total(2)
Identification
key to spp. in (3)
Range
throughout NA & the world
Food
a few spp. appear to be predatory on wasp/bee larvae or spider eggs(4)
Print References
Beal R.S., Jr. (1954) Biology and taxonomy of Nearctic species of Trogoderma. UC Publ. Entomol. 10: 35–102.
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. (2018) 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 28 December, 2020 - 8:20pm

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