Dermestes

TaxID: 219541

Basic Information

Dermestes

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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.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Dermestidae

Dermestes

unclassified

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (0 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

No quarantine status records available.

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (586 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
VALM090-24 BOLD:AAG2032 COI-5P 629 Switzerland 2021-04-03 46.5344, 6.65516
UMAAI1045-22 BOLD:ADG3342 COI-5P 655 France 2022-06-27 43.64, 3.867
UAMIC2882-15 BOLD:AAG2032 COI-5P 658 United States 2015-02-04 64.859, -147.843
UAMIC2525-15 - COI-5P 221 United States 2011-04-17 64.901, -147.529
UAMIC139-13 BOLD:AAG2032 COI-5P 649 United States 2009-06-22 64.811, -147.439
UAMIC1050-13 BOLD:AAF8298 COI-5P 347 United States 2002-03-05 64.859, -147.841
TTCFW1031-09 BOLD:AAG2032 COI-5P 658 Canada 2006-04-01 43.537, -80.134
TTCFW014-08 BOLD:AAG2032 COI-5P 658 Canada 2002-06-09 43.537, -80.134
TSZJK656-15 BOLD:AAI9639 COI-5P 658 Norway 2008-05-04 69.102, 20.994
TDAOE7357-25 BOLD:ACB8353 COI-5P 658 Austria 2024-06-08 48.141174, 16.249062
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