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The khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium), also called cabinet beetle, [1] which originated in South Asia, is one of the world's most destructive pests of grain products and seeds. [2] It is considered one of the 100 worst invasive species in the world. [ 3 ]
Dermestidae are a family of Coleoptera that are commonly referred to as skin beetles. Other common names include larder beetle, hide or leather beetles, carpet beetles, and khapra beetles. There are over 1,800 species described. [1]
Trogoderma is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. There are about 135 species worldwide. ... Trogoderma granarium Everts, 1898 – Khapra ...
Recent research indicates that Trogoderma is polyphyletic, comprising two distinct, unrelated lineages. One lineage corresponds to Trogoderma sensu stricto - a primarily Holarctic clade that includes the type species Trogoderma glabrum and the economically significant Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium).
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 beetles are especially useful for small animals with delicate bones ...
Polyphaga is the largest and most diverse suborder of beetles.It comprises 144 families in 16 superfamilies, and displays an enormous variety of specialization and adaptation, with over 350,000 described species, or approximately 90% of the beetle species discovered thus far.
Adult drugstore beetles are between 2.5 and 3.5 millimetres (3 ⁄ 32 and 1 ⁄ 8 in) long and have a reddish-brown colour with a cylindrical body. The beetle looks superficially similar to the cigarette beetle, another ptinid beetle regarded as a pest, but can be distinguished under magnification by the lack of serration on the antennae and the presence of clubbed segments on the last several ...
Rhipiceridae includes seven genera and about a hundred described species divided into two subfamilies, Rhipicerinae and Sandalinae. Sandalinae include most of the species and are known from North and South America, Africa, south-eastern Europe and Asia, while much less numerous Rhipicerinae, from Chile, New Caledonia and Australia, is a monophyletic lineage supported by several unambiguous ...