Species Dermestes (Dermestes) lardarius Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [354].
• Dermestes lardarius atrobasalis Pic, M. 1951. Descriptions diverses et notes. Diversités Entomologiques, Moulins 8: 7-16 [7] [as variety].
• Dermestes lardarius conjunctus Reitter, E. 1887. Coleopterologische Notizen. XXIII. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 6: 171-173 [173] [as variety].
• Dermestes lardarius proximus Reitter, E. 1887. Coleopterologische Notizen. XXIII. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 6: 171-173 [173] [as variety].
• Dermestes luganensis Stierlin, G. 1902. Beschreibung einiger neuen Species von Coleoptera. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin of the Société Entomologique Suisse 10: 425-427 [425].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [23]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

General References

Hinton, H.E. 1945. A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 viii 443 pp. [275] (adult description, biology)

Peacock, E.R. 1993. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their Relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). London : Royal Entomological Society of London 144 pp. [49] (biology, adult and larval keys)

Zhantiev, R.D. & Volkova, T.G. 1998. Larvae of dermestid beetles from the genus Dermestes (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) in Russia and adjacent countries. 1. subgenus Dermestes. [In Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 77: 891-897 [895] (larval description)

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