Species Dermestes (Dermestinus) maculatus DeGeer, 1774

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dermestes maculatus Degeer, C. 1774. Mémoires pour Servir à l'Histoire des Insectes. Stockholm : Hosselberg Vol. 4 456 pp. 19 pls. [223].
• Dermestes australis Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1821. Catalogue de la Collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris : Crevot, Libraire viii 136 pp. [46] [nom. nud.].
• Dermestes cinereus Redtenbacher, L. 1867. Coleopteren in Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Wien : Karl Gerold's Sohn Vol. 2 249 pp. 5 pls. [43].
• Dermestes elongatus Hope, F.W. 1834. Notice of several species of insects found in the heads of Egyptian mummies. In, Pettigrew, T.J. (ed.). A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by the Egyptians. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman xxi 264pp. [55].
• Dermestes lateralis Sturm, J. 1826. Catalog meiner Insecten-Sammlung. Erster Theil. Käfer. Nürnberg : Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers viii 207 pp. 4 pls. [130] [nom. nud.].
• Dermestes lupinus Mannerheim, C.G. von 1843. Beitrag zur Käfer-Fauna der Aleutischen Inseln, der Insel Sitkha und Neu-Californiens. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 16: 175-314 [257].
• Dermestes lupinus Cristofori, J. de 1832. Catalogus in IV. Sectiones divisus rerum naturalium in Museo exstantium Josephi de Cristofori et Georgii Jan : Sectio III.a Entomologia, Pars I.a Conspectus methodicus insectorum, Fasc. I.us Coleoptera. Milano : Parmae xvi 111 pp. [89] [nom. nud.].
• Dermestes maculatus nigropubescens Kalik, V. 1955. Dermestidae. pp. 93-99 in De Witte, G.F. (ed.). Exploration du Parc National de L'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946-1949). Bruxelles : Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo belge Vol. Fasc. 38 (6). [94] [as aberration].
• Dermestes maculatus pakistanicus Havelka, J. 1951. Dermestes maculatus pakistanicus ssp. n. introduced from Pakistan to C.S.R. (3rd contribution to knowledge of Dermestes L.) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). Folia Entomologica. Brno 10: 143-144 [143] [as subspecies].
• Dermestes maculatus cyprius Pic, M. 1951. Descriptions diverses et notes. Diversités Entomologiques, Moulins 8: 7-16 [7] [as variety].
• Dermestes marginatus Thunberg, C.P. 1781. Dissertatio entomologica novas Insectorum species, sistens. Pars prima. Upsaliae : Edman 28 pp. [7].
• Dermestes roei Hope, F.W. 1834. Notice of several species of insects found in the heads of Egyptian mummies. In, Pettigrew, T.J. (ed.). A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by the Egyptians. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman xxi 264pp. [55].
• Dermestes semistriatus Boheman, C.H. 1851. Insecta Caffrariae annis 1838-1845 a J.A. Wahlberg collecta. Coleoptera. Holmiae : Fritze & Norstedt Vol. 1 8 + 626 pp., 2 pls. [Date published 1848-1851: pp. 299-626, 2 pls. issued in 1851] [583].
• Dermestes senegalensis Cristofori, J. de 1832. Catalogus in IV. Sectiones divisus rerum naturalium in Museo exstantium Josephi de Cristofori et Georgii Jan : Sectio III.a Entomologia, Pars I.a Conspectus methodicus insectorum, Fasc. I.us Coleoptera. Milano : Parmae xvi 111 pp. [30] [nom. nud.].
• Dermestes senex Germar, E.F. 1824. Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae: Coleoptera. Halae : J.C. Hendel et Fil Vol. 1 xxiv 624 pp. 2 pls. [84].
• Dermestes truncatus Casey, T.L. 1916. Some random studies among the Clavicornia. Memoirs on the Coleoptera 7: 35-283 [180].
• Dermestes vulpinus Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [64].
• Dermestes vulpinus rattulus Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1867. Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Paris : F. Savy 128 pp. vii pls. [30] [as variety].
• Dermestes vulpinus sudanicus Gredler, V.P. 1878. Zur Käfer-Fauna Central Afrikas. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 27: 501-507 [506] [as variety].
• Dermestes maculatus kurseongensis Lepesme, P. 1939. Note synonymique sur les Dermestes (Coleoptera) et description d'une espèce et d'une varieté nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 44: 190-193 [192] [as variety].
• Dermestes meculatus Li, H. 1988. Dermestidae. pp. 357-360 in Huang, F., Wang, P., Yin, W., Yu, P., Lee, T., Yang, C. & Wang, X. (eds). Insects of Mt. Namjagbarwa region of Xizang [in Chinese]. Beijing : Science Press xii 621 pp. [358] [incorrect subsequent spelling].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [19]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larva: scavenger, stored product pest.

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. [261] (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. [46] (biology, adult and larval keys)

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