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Dermestes violaceus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Coleoptera: family
Cleridae: genus
Necrobia: species
Necrobia violacea

Name

Homonyms: Dermestes violaceus Linnaeus, 1758; Dermestes violaceus Scopoli, 1763

Bibliographic References

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 604 Korynetes Herbst, (1792), and Necrobia Olivier, 1795: added to the Official List (Insecta, Coleoptera).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18, 252-253 (1961)