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Trogoderma primum

Trogoderma primum is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found in North America, where it is known from Oklahoma and Texas in the United States, and from Veracruz and Chiapas in Mexico.

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Trogoderma primum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Tribe: Megatomini
Genus: Trogoderma
Species:
T. primum
Binomial name
Trogoderma primum
(Jayne, 1882)

Trogoderma primum is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found in North America,123 where it is known from Oklahoma and Texas in the United States,45 and from Veracruz and Chiapas in Mexico.6

References

References

  1. "Trogoderma primum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Trogoderma primum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Beal, R.S. (2003). "Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 57 (4): 397. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. Beal, R.S. (1960). "Descriptions, Biology, and Notes on the Identification of Some Trogoderma Larvae". Technical Bulletin. 1228. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. Háva, Jiří (2015). "New and interesting faunistic records of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Nearctic Region". Arquivos Entomolóxicos. 14: 19. ISSN 1989-6581. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Háva, Jirí (2003). "World catalogue of the Dermestidae". Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East Supplement. 1: 1–196.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.