• Trogoderma Latreille, P.A. in Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1821. Catalogue de la Collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris : Crevot, Libraire viii 136 pp. [46].

  Type species:

   Anthrenus elongatulus Fabricius, 1801 by subsequent designation, see Hope, F.W. 1840. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : Bowdery & Kerby Vol. 3 vi 191 pp. 3 pls. [143].
• Acolpus Jayne, H.F. 1882. Revision of the Dermestidae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20: 343-377 [347].

  Type species:

   Acolpus primus Jayne, 1882 by original designation.
• Ditorines Normand, H. 1936. Contribution au catalogue des Coléoptères de la Tunisie (7e fascicule). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 26: 286-304 [298].

  Type species:

   Ditorines denticornis Normand, 1936 by monotypy.
• Entomotrogus Ganglbauer, L. 1904. Die Kafer von Mitteleuropa. Wien. : Karl Gerold's Sohn Vol. 4(1) 286 pp. [27].

  Type species:

   Entomotrogus megatomoides Reitter, 1881 by original designation.
• Eucnocerus Sharp, D. 1902. Insecta, Coleoptera, Fam. Dermestidae. pp. 642-649 in Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (eds). Biologia Centrali-Americana. London : Porter Vol. 2(1) xii 717 pp.,19 pls. [649].

  Type species:

   Eucnocerus dispar Sharp, 1902 by original designation.
• Eurhopalus Solier, A.J.J. 1849. Orden III. Coleopteros (Pentamera, Heteromera I). pp. 105-380 in Gay, C. (ed.). Historia Física y Política de Chile. Zoológica. Paris & Santiago : C. Gay Vol. 4 511 pp. 32 pls. [372].

  Type species:

   Eurhopalus variegatus Solier, 1849 by original designation.
• Macroprion Hope, F.W. 1840. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing various families, genera, and species, of beetles, recorded by Linneus and Fabricius. Also, descriptions of newly discovered and unpublished insects. London : Bowdery & Kerby Vol. 3 vi 191 pp. 3 pls. [68].

  Type species:

   Anthrenus serraticornis Fabricius, 1792 by original designation.
• Ocelliger Philippi, R.A. & Philippi, F. 1864. Beschreibung einiger neuen Chilenischen Käfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 25: 266-284 [283].

  Type species:

   Ocelliger ater Philippi & Philippi, 1864 by monotypy.
• Psacus Pascoe, F.P. 1866. Notices of new or little known genera and species of Coleoptera. Part V. Journal of Entomology 2: 443-493, pls xviii-xix [Date published Jun. 1866] [446].

  Type species:

   Psacus attagenoides Pascoe, 1866 by monotypy.
• Pseudomegatoma Pic, M. 1915. Nouvelles espèces de diverses familles. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques, Moulins 15: 2-14 [4].

  Type species:

   Pseudomegatoma boliviensis Pic, 1915 by monotypy.
• Asidora Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1867. Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Paris : F. Savy 128 pp. vii pls.

  Type species:

   Trogoderma fuscicornis Mulsant & Rey, 1868 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [131]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), 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), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), 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)

General References

Liu, Z., Zhou, Y-L., Szito, A. & Ślipiński, A. 2022. The Australian hide, larder and carpet beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae): a revision at the generic level. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 72(4): 837–926

Zhou, Y-L., Nicholls, J.A., Liu, Z-H., Hartley, D., Szito, A., Ślipiński, A. & Zwick, A. 2022. Molecular phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) reveals the polyphyletic nature of Trogoderma Latreille and the taxonomic placement of the Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(6): 1–24

History of changes

• Anthrenus glaber Herbst, J.F.W. 1783. Kritisches Verzeichniss meiner Insektensammlung. Archiv der Insectengeschichte 4: 1-72.
  Zoobank Registration Number:1783

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided, Berlin, Germany?.

Generic Combinations

• Trogoderma glabrum (Herbst, 1783).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Found in various grain storage facilities.

Distribution References

History of changes

• Trogoderma inclusum 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].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided, New York?.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Found in various grain storage facilities.

Distribution References

History of changes

• Trogoderma variabile Ballion, E. 1878. Verzeichniss der im Kreise von Kuldsha gesammelten Käfer. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 53: 253-389 [277].
• Trogoderma parabile Beal, R.S. 1954. Biology and taxonomy of the Nearctic species of Trogoderma (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 10: 35-101 [53].
• Trogoderma persica Pic, M. 1914. Notes diverses, descriptions et diagnoses (Suite). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 30: 10-13 [10].
• Trogoderma scabripennis Casey, T.L. 1916. Some random studies among the Clavicornia. Memoirs on the Coleoptera 7: 35-283 [189].
• Trogoderma versicolor turkestanicum Pic, M. 1914. Notes diverses, descriptions et diagnoses (Suite). L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 30: 10-13 [10].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [141]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

Stored product pest.

General References

Banks, H.J. 1994. Illustrated identification keys for Trogoderma granarium, T. glabrum, T. inclusum and T. variabile (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and other Trogoderma associated with stored products. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper 32: iv 66 pp. (keys to adults and larvae)

Beal, R.S. 1954. Biology and taxonomy of the Nearctic species of Trogoderma (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 10: 35-101 [88] (larval description, keys)

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. [41, 57] (biology, distribution, adult and larval keys)

History of changes