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Dermestes
Taxonomy
Dermestes was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Dermestinae, Dermestidae, Dermestini.
It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1798); to Coleoptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Scopoli (1763), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Forster (1771), Müller (1776), Goeze (1777), Herbst (1792), Latreille (1796), Marsham (1802); to Necrophagi by Latreille (1802); to Dermestidae by Zhantiev (2006); and to Dermestini by Háva (2004), Háva and Prokop (2004), Bouchard et al. (2011), Háva (2014), Zahradník and Háva (2014), Háva (2015), Háva (2020), Zhou et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1798); to Coleoptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Scopoli (1763), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Forster (1771), Müller (1776), Goeze (1777), Herbst (1792), Latreille (1796), Marsham (1802); to Necrophagi by Latreille (1802); to Dermestidae by Zhantiev (2006); and to Dermestini by Háva (2004), Háva and Prokop (2004), Bouchard et al. (2011), Háva (2014), Zahradník and Háva (2014), Háva (2015), Háva (2020), Zhou et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Dermestes Linnaeus |
| 1761 | Dermestes Linnaeus p. 140 |
| 1762 | Dermestes Geoffroy p. 96 |
| 1763 | Dermestes Scopoli p. 13 |
| 1764 | Dermestes Müller p. 2 |
| 1766 | Dermestes Schaeffer |
| 1767 | Dermestes Linnaeus p. 561 |
| 1771 | Dermestes Forster p. 8 |
| 1776 | Dermestes Müller p. 56 |
| 1777 | Dermestes Goeze p. 125 |
| 1792 | Dermestes Herbst |
| 1796 | Dermestes Latreille p. 12 |
| 1798 | Dermestes Fabricius p. 71 |
| 1802 | Dermestes Latreille p. 120 |
| 1802 | Dermestes Marsham p. 60 |
| 2004 | Dermestes Háva p. 150 |
| 2004 | Dermestes Háva and Prokop p. 180 |
| 2006 | Dermestes Zhantiev |
| 2011 | Dermestes Bouchard et al. p. 333 |
| 2014 | Dermestes Háva p. 214 |
| 2014 | Dermestes Zahradník and Háva p. 314 |
| 2015 | Dermestes Háva |
| 2020 | Dermestes Háva p. 18 |
| 2022 | Dermestes Zhou et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Dermestes Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Dermestes (Dermestes) Linnaeus 1758
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†Dermestes (Dermestes) progenitor Zhantiev 2006
†Dermestes (Dermestes) vetustus Zhantiev 2006
Dermestes laniarius Illiger 1801
†Dermestes lawrencei Ślipiński et al. 2025
Dermestes maculatus De Geer 1774 [hide beetle]
†Dermestes pauper Heer 1847
Dermestes pisorum Linnaeus 1758
†Dermestes tertiarius Wickham 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | D. sp., D. lawrencei (165561) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Colorado) | D. tertiarius (122093) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | D. progenitor (147612) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | D. vetustus (113621) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | D. tertiarius (106381 106384) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | D. pauper (115305) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Astrakhan) | D. sp., D. laniarius (125794) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | D. maculatus (162173) |