(common hide-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
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Dermestidae
Subfamily: Dermestinae
Tribe: Dermestini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
