Dermestes
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek δερμηστής (dermēstḗs, “worm which eats skin or leather”).
Proper noun edit
Dermestes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dermestidae – skin beetles.
Synonyms edit
- (genus): leather beetle, hide beetle
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Bostrichiformia - infraorder; Bostrichoidea - superfamily; Dermestidae - family; Dermestinae - subfamily; Dermestini - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Dermestes lardarius (larder beetle) - type species
References edit
- Dermestes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Dermestes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Dermestes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons