Family Dermestidae

The dry skin beetles

corrected and supplemented by R.S. Beal, Jr.

Subfamily Dermestinae

Dermestes Linnaeus

• D. ater DeGeer, the black larder beetle, cosmopolitan, FL (ALA, BRO, CLA, DAD, DUV, GIL, JAC, MAN, MON, ORA, SEM, VOL); a pest of dried fish, dried mushrooms, and cheese
  = cadaverinus Fabricius
• D. caninus Germar, almost all US (not Pac. NW), FL (ALA, DAD, FLA, GIL, HAR, LEV, LIB, MON, OSC, ORA, SAR, SEM, SLU, VOL, Mexico
  = nubipennis Casey, FL
• D. carnivorus Fabricius, nearly cosmopolitan, CA-TX-CO-NY-FL (DAD)
• +D. frischi Kugelann, cosmopolitan, FL?; a pest of dried fish
• +D. lardarius Linnaeus, the larder beetle, cosmopolitan, FL?; a pest of bacon, ham, dried fish, and cheese
• +D. maculatus DeGeer, the hide beetle, cosmopolitan, FL (ALA, DAD, DUV, HIG); a pest of stored skins, and occasionally on corn
  = vulpinus Fabricius
• D. nidum Arrow, TX-IN-NY-FL (DAD, HIG, MON)
• +D. peruvianus Castelnau, cosmopolitan, FL (DUV, LEV, MON)

Subfamily Thylodriinae

Thylodrias Motschulsky

• +T. contractus Motschulsky, the odd beetle, cosmopolitan, synanthropic, Holarctic FL?; in houses in bedding, clothing, and dried animal specimens; the females are wingless

Subfamily Orphilinae

Orphilus Erichson (see Beal 1985a)

• O. ater Erichson, AL-WI-NH-FL (ALA)

Subfamily Trinodinae

Apsectus LeConte

• A. hispidus (Melsheimer), eUS, FL (ALA, LEV, new state record) (in R.W. Lundgren Coll.)

Subfamily Attageninae

Attagenus Latreille

• A. brunneus Faldermann, almost all US, FL, Caucasus and Mediterranean Europe; a pest in some dried stored products
• A. cyphonoides Reitter, sUS, probably in FL, Europe
• A. fasciatus (Thunberg), the wardrobe beetle; nearly cosmopolitan, probably not established in most states, FL (ALA, DAD, HIL, MON, ORA, PAL, VOL); a pest of stored products
• A. unicolor unicolor Brahm, the black carpet beetle, cosmopolitan, FL (DAD, HIL, VOL); a pest of various stored products

Subfamily Megatominae

Tribe Anthrenini

Anthrenus Schoeffer

• A. castaneae Melsheimer, MS-MI-PQ-FL (LEO, LIB)
• +*A. coloratus Reitter, Palearctic, immigrant into sUS, FL?
• A. flavipes LeConte, cosmopolitan, FL (DAD, HIL, LEE); in stored products
• +A. scrophulariae (Linnaeus), the carpet beetle, cosmopolitan, FL?; in dried plants and flour
• +A. verbasci (Linnaeus), the varied carpet beetle, cosmopolitan, FL (ALA, DUV, JEF, LAF, LAK, LEO, ORA, SEM, VOL); in various dried, stored products

Thaumaglossa Redtenbacher

• T. sp., FL (ALA) (in R.W. Lundgren Coll.)

Tribe Megatomini

Cryptorhopalum Guérin-Méneville (see Beal 1985b)

• C. floridanum Casey, MS-NC-FL (ALA, DES, HAR, JAC, LIB, MAN, VOL)
• C. focale Beal, FL endemic (HIG, VOL)
• C. ruficorne LeConte, TX-OH-CT-FL (ALA, LEE, LIB, VOL, WAK)
• C. triste LeConte, AZ-CA-WA, TX-IL-NY-FL
  = nigricorne LeConte

Orphinus Motschulsky (see Beal 1960)

• +O. fulvipes Guérin-Méneville, cosmotropical, immigrant, FL (DAD, MON), Mexico, CAmer, SAmer, WInd

Trogoderma Dejean

• *T. anthrenoides (Sharp), TX, NC, FL (DAD), Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Trinidad, CAmer, Colombia
• T. fasciferum Blatchley, FL endemic (ALA, LEE, MON, ORA)
  = flabellata Blatchley
• +T. glabrum (Herbst), the glabrous carpet beetle, Holarctic, immigrant, FL (HIG, POL), a granary and stored product pest
• *T. inclusum LeConte, the larger carpet beetle, eUS-CO, GA, FL (COLL, DAD, LEO), in stored grain, nuts, and dried fruit
• +T. ornatum (Say), NAmer, FL (WAL), CAmer
• +T. sternale Jayne, swUS, moved by commerce to FL (ALA, LEO)
• +T. variabile Ballion, the warehouse beetle, Holarctic, immigrant US, FL, in stored seeds and cereal products
  = parabile Beal

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