Species Dermestes (Dermestinus) carnivorus Fabricius, 1775

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dermestes carnivorus Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [55].
• Dermestes carnivorus doemmlingi Meier, W. 1899. Über Abänderungen einiger Coleopteren-Arten, welche bei Hamburg gefunden wurden. Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin 25: 97-102 [99] [as variety].
• Dermestes impressicollis Reitter, E. 1881. Die aussereuropäischen Dermestiden meiner Sammlung. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 19: 27-60 [29].
• Dermestes mucoreus LeConte, J.L. 1854. Synopsis of the Dermestidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 106–113 [Jun. 1854] [108].
• Dermestes muscoreus Reitter, E. 1881. Die aussereuropäischen Dermestiden meiner Sammlung. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 19: 27-60 [28].
• Dermestes sobrinus LeConte, J.L. 1854. Synopsis of the Dermestidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 106–113 [Jun. 1854] [108].
• Dermestes unicolor Lepesme, P. 1950. Révision des Dermestes (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 115: 37-68 [44].
• Dermestes versicolor Laporte, F.L. (Compte de Castelnau) 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères; avec une introduction renfermant l’anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2 563 pp. [33].
• Dermestes carniforus Goeze, J.A.E. 1777. Entomologische Beiträge zu des Ritter Linné zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Leipzig : Weidmann Vol. 1 xvi 736 pp. [141] [unjustified emendation of Dermestes carnivorus Fabricius, 1775].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [16]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

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. [285] (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. [48] (biology, adult and larval keys)

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