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Thorictodes

Thorictodes is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Thorictodes
Reitter, 1875

Thorictodes is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles.

There are five species.1

Species include:

  • Thorictodes bennetti John, 1961
  • Thorictodes brevipennis Zhang & Liu in Liu & Zhang, 1986
  • Thorictodes dartevellei John, 1961
  • Thorictodes erraticus Champion, 1922
  • Thorictodes heydeni Reitter, 1875
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References

  1. Herrmann, A., J. Háva, and Zhang ShengFang. (2011). A contribution to knowledge of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from China. Studies and Reports - Taxonomical Series 7, no. 1/2 131-138.