Dermestes maculatus
Dorn skin beetles ( Dermestes maculatus )
The mandrel skin beetles ( Dermestes maculatus ) is a beetle of the family of skin beetles ( Dermestidae ).
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Features
The beetles are brown or black and reach a size of five to ten millimeters. The elytra are provided with a black pubescence, interspersed with white hairs. More white hairs are located on the sides of pronotum. These are obliquely rotated inward, the scutellum is yellowish hairs. The hair on the top can also be solid black or gray. Both the females and the males have small spines on the terminal ends of the elytra. The largest of these each thorns is located on the spread wing seam top. The sensors are rust colored brown, the legs are dark brown. The underside of the beetle is white.
Similar Species
- Dermestes Frischi Kugelann, 1792 elytra ends not with thorns and without teeth.
Synonyms
- Dermestes vulpinus Fabricius, 1791
Occurrence
The mandrel bacon beetle is a globally common stored product pest of fatty foods such as bacon or dried fish. He is a synanthropic.