Dermestes
Dermestes is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.
The larvae of these beetles feed on dead and dried animal material, including dead bodies, dried meat and fish, and body parts such as bone, hair, skin, and feathers. They are cannibalistic on occasion. They are pests of museums, where they feed on specimens such as dried insects and stuffed animals. They may be useful in museum settings as well, where they are used in facilities called dermestaria to clean tissue from skeletons. Some species may play a role in forensic entomology when they are found on human corpses.
As of 2013 there are about 92 species.
Species
Dermestes affinis Sturm, 1843Dermestes argentinus Herrmann & Háva, 2013Dermestes ater DeGeer, 1774Dermestes aurichalceus Küster, 1846Dermestes avidus Christofori & Jan, 1832Dermestes bicolor Fabricius, 1781Dermestes boliviensis Háva & Kalík, 2005Dermestes caninus Germar, 1824Dermestes canus Sturm, 1843Dermestes carnivorus Fabricius, 1775Dermestes castaneus Thunberg, 1794Dermestes cinereus Dahl, 1823Dermestes coarctatus Harold, 1877Dermestes coronatus Steven in Schönherr, 1808Dermestes depressus Gebler, 1830Dermestes destructor Christofori & Jan, 1832Dermestes dimidiatus Boeber, 1802Dermestes elegans Gebler, 1830Dermestes elongatissimus Pic, 1916Dermestes elongatus Dejean, 1837Dermestes erichsoni Ganglbauer, 1904Dermestes fasciatus LeConte, 1854Dermestes fasciventris Reitter, 1881Dermestes flavicornis Schneider, 1785Dermestes floricola Melsheimer, 1806Dermestes freudei Kalík & Ohbayashi, 1982Dermestes frischii Kugelann, 1792Dermestes fuliginosus Rossi, 1792Dermestes fulvicollis Reitter, 1881Dermestes gerstaeckeri Dalla Torre, 1911Dermestes gyllenhalii Laporte, 1840Dermestes haemorrhoidalis Küster, 1852Dermestes hankae Háva, 1999Dermestes hirticollis Fabricius, 1792Dermestes hispanicus Kalík, 1952Dermestes impressipennis Pic, 1942Dermestes insulanus Schneider, 1785Dermestes intermedius Kalík, 1951Dermestes kafkai Háva & Kalík, 1999Dermestes kaszabi Kalík, 1950Dermestes laniarius Illiger, 1802Dermestes laosensis Háva, 2004Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, 1758Dermestes larvalis Cockerell, 1917Dermestes latissimus Bielz, 1850Dermestes lectulalius Goeze, 1777Dermestes leechi Kalík, 1952Dermestes leopardinus Mulsant & Godart, 1855Dermestes linearis Rossi, 1788Dermestes loebli Háva, 2002Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, 1774Dermestes madagascariensis Lepesme, 1939Dermestes marmoratus Knoch in Melsheimer, 1806Dermestes marocanus Háva, 1999Dermestes maximus Pic, 1915Dermestes murinus Linnaeus, 1758Dermestes nan Háva, 2002Dermestes nebulosus Melsheimer, 1806Dermestes nidum Arrow, 1915Dermestes niger Melsheimer, 1806Dermestes normandi Kalík, 1951Dermestes oblongus Sturm, 1843Dermestes obscurus Sturm, 1843Dermestes olivieri Lepesme, 1939Dermestes palmi Sjöberg, 1950Dermestes pardalis Billberg in Schönherr, 1808Dermestes patagoniensis Háva & Kalík, 2005Dermestes pauper Heer, 1847Dermestes persimilis Crotch, 1873Dermestes peruvianus Laporte, 1840Dermestes planus Mroczkowski, 1960Dermestes progenior Zhantiev, 2006Dermestes pulcher LeConte, 1854Dermestes rapax Christofori & Jan, 1832Dermestes rattus LeConte, 1854Dermestes reductus Kalík, 1952Dermestes roubali Dermestes ruficornis Sturm, 1843Dermestes rufofuscus Solier, 1849Dermestes sardous Küster, 1846Dermestes schneideri Háva, 2002Dermestes semistriatus Boheman, 1851Dermestes serraticornis Thunberg, 1787Dermestes shaanxiensis Cao, 1987Dermestes sibiricus Erichson, 1848Dermestes sichuanicus Háva, 1999Dermestes signatus LeConte, 1874Dermestes solskyi Dalla Torre, 1911Dermestes spadiceus elsheimer, 1806Dermestes spinipennis Christofori & Jan, 1832Dermestes sturmi Christofori & Jan, 1832Dermestes subaenescens Pic, 1943Dermestes szekessyi Kalík, 1950Dermestes talpinus Mannerheim, 1843Dermestes teretiusculus Schneider, 1785Dermestes tertiarius Wickham, 1912Dermestes tessellatocollis Motschulsky, 1860Dermestes undulatus Brahm, 1790Dermestes vetustus Zhantiev, 2006Dermestes viridanus Melsheimer, 1806Dermestes viridis Schneider, 1785Dermestes voi Háva, 2000Dermestes vorax Motschulsky, 1860Dermestes wittei Kalík, 1955