DERMESTINAE

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 59-60

SUBFAMILY DERMESTINAE

TRIBE DERMESTINI

Dermestes ater DeGeer 1774: 223 ; Wolcott 1950: 287 ; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 86; Mroczkowski 1968: 59; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 35; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 103. = Dermestes cadaverinus Fabricius 1775: 55 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 392 of Guadeloupe; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 395. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe; Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, St. Croix; probably on all inhabited Lesser Antilles islands. USA, Mexico to Argentina; widespread New World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The black larder beetle. Widespread stored products pest in dried fish, cheese, etc.

Dermestes carnivorus Fabricius 1775: 55 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 392; Champion 1898: 411; Lepesme 1947: 187; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 395; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 87; Mroczkowski 1968: 53. Distribution. Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Croix; probably on all Lesser Antilles islands. Mexico to South America , USA; widespread New World; cosmopolitan. Notes. A stored products pest.

Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus 1758: 354 ; Lepesme 1947: 186; Mroczkowski 1968: 60. Distribution. Guadeloupe; probably on all Lesser Antilles islands; widespread New World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The larder beetle. A pest of dried meat, fish, and cheese.

Dermestes maculatus DeGeer 1774: 223 ; Lepesme 1947: 185; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 396; Mroczkowski 1968: 42; Ivie et al. 2008b: 246; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 104. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Montserrat, Puerto Rico; probably on all Lesser Antilles islands. USA, Mexico to Argentina; widespread New World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The hide beetle. A stored products pest of stored skins and hides.

TRIBE THORICTINI

Thorictodes heydeni Reitter 1875a: 46 : Grouvelle 1902: 769; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 408; Mcrozczowski 1968: 159. Distribution. Guadeloupe. USA, Mexico ; widespread New World; Old World; cosmopolitan.

TRIBE THYLODRINI

[ Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky 1839: 76 ; Mroczkowski 1968: 58. Distribution. No explicit Lesser Antilles records, cosmopolitan. Notes. The odd beetle. In homes and museums, on animal skins; the females are wingless.]