Definition of Family Dermestidae

1. Noun. Carpet beetles.

Exact synonyms: Dermestidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Carpet Beetle, Carpet Bug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Dermestidae

family Dactylopiidae
family Dactylopteridae
family Dactyloscopidae
family Danaidae
family Dasyatidae
family Dasypodidae
family Dasyproctidae
family Dasyuridae
family Dasyurinae
family Daubentoniidae
family Davalliaceae
family Delphinidae
family Dematiaceae
family Dendrocolaptidae
family Dennstaedtiaceae
family Dermestidae (current term)
family Dermochelyidae
family Desmidiaceae
family Desmodontidae
family Diapensiaceae
family Diaspididae
family Dicamptodontidae
family Dicranaceae
family Didelphidae
family Dilleniaceae
family Dinornithidae
family Diodontidae
family Diomedeidae
family Dioscoreaceae

Literary usage of Family Dermestidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"Taken under bark of hickory. Cucujus clavipes Fab. Also occurs under bark of hickory but sparingly. Family DERMESTIDAE. Dermestes marmoratus Say. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association of Museums by American Association of Museums (1908)
"Order Coleoptera family Dermestidae This family includes a number of the most destructive of all museum pests. These ordinarily injure only matter ..."

3. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"... belonging to the family Dermestidae, a little brown beetle with white hairy grubs, which arc bdid to be destructive to wheat stored iu ..."

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