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Dermestes maculatus is the species of carrion beetle typically used by universities and museums to remove the flesh from bones in skeleton preparation. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] Human and animal skeletons are prepared using this method and the practice has been in use for over 150 years. [ 7 ]
The black larder or incinerator beetle, Dermestes ater, is completely dark with scattered yellow setae on the body. It is similar to Dermestes maculatus but lacks serrations on its elytra. Its ventral surface is yellow instead of white. This beetle is a pest of fish, mushrooms, and cheese. [4] [19] [21]
Dermestes haemorrhoidalis Dermestes maculatus. Dermestes is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles.The genus is distributed worldwide. [1]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.
Description: Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, 1774 Familie: Dermestidae Groesse: 5,5-10 mm Verbreitung: weltweit Ökologie: in tierischen Resten, vorzugsweise synanthrop ...
At that time, the unwrapping of a mummy was of considerable scientific interest (as well as curiosity) and later studies revealed beetles later identified as Necrobia mumiarum Hope, 1834, Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, 1774 (as D. vulpinus) and Dermestes frischi Kugelann, 1792 (as D. pollinctus Hope, 1834).
Dermestes ater is a species of beetle in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. It is known commonly as the black larder beetle or incinerator beetle (not to be confused with Dermestes haemorrhoidalis , the African larder beetle, also sometimes referred to as the black larder beetle). [ 1 ]
Dermestes ater; Dermestes carnivorus; Dermestes frischii; Dermestes haemorrhoidalis – black larder beetle; Dermestes lardarius – larder beetle; Dermestes leechi; Dermestes maculatus – hide beetle; Dermestes murinus; Dermestes peruvianus – Peruvian larder beetle; Dermestes undulatus; Globicornis nigripes; Megatoma undata; Orphinus ...
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