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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Dermestes » subgenus Dermestes (Dermestes subgenus Dermestes)
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Beetle IMG_1053 - Dermestes
Copyright © 2012 Steve Nanz

Beetle IMG_1053 - Dermestes
Captiva, Lee County, Florida, USA
March 9, 2012
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 14 March, 2012 - 4:26am
Last updated 6 March, 2014 - 4:43pm

Moved
Moved from Dermestes.
… v belov, 6 March, 2014 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the help!
… Steve Nanz, 14 March, 2012 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Andreas Herrmann says:
"sorry, no chance at all from a dorsal photo only. It would be extremely easy when having a look at the male genitalia (tip of the aedeagus), furthermore it COULD be easy when having a look at the (clean and dry) abdominal pubescence. Besides, don't forget D. haemorrhoidalis!"
… v belov, 14 March, 2012 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

hope it's D. nidum, but likely just ater
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 14 March, 2012 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

 
ah!
the lack of setae/scales through me off.
… Blaine Mathison, 14 March, 2012 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

 
life in tight spaces is abrasive
our commonest eurostrophine is called E. dermestoides for a reason, you see...
… v belov, 14 March, 2012 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

thinking tetratomid
maybe something in Eustrophinae but would like a better view of antennae. This looks conspecific with the image you posted right after, yes.
… Blaine Mathison, 14 March, 2012 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

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