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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) » Black Larder Beetle (Dermestes ater)

Species Dermestes ater - Black Larder Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · 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 Dermestes)
Species ater (Black Larder Beetle)
Other Common Names
Incinerator Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dermestes ater DeGeer 1774
Size
7–9 mm(1)
Range
native to the Old World (origin unknown; non-native in Europe), now cosmopolitan(2)(3), adventive and widespread in NA(4)(5)
Habitat
on carrion, etc.
Food
larvae and adults feed on wide variety of materials of animal origin, on other insects, and probably also on copra and other vegetable matter(5)
Works Cited
1.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.
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. (2018) World catalogue of the Dermestidae
4.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
5.Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide
Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 February, 2007 - 4:08am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 11 May, 2024 - 9:14pm

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