NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Dermestes
  Tribe - Dermestini
  Subfamily - Dermestinae
  Family - Dermestidae
  Superfamily - Bostrichoidea
  Infraorder - Bostrichiformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Dermestes lardarius
      Species - Dermestes ater
      Species - Dermestes maculatus
      Species - Dermestes nidum
      Species - Dermestes peruvianus
      Species - Dermestes pulcher
      Species - Dermestes reductus
      Species - Dermestes signatus