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Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, 1758 (common larder-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Dermestes lardarius)

TMAG collections

Introduced from Europe

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Bostrichoidea

Family: Dermestidae

Subfamily: Dermestinae

Tribe: Dermestini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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