Dearthrus Explained

Dearthrus is a genus of carpet beetles in the family Dermestidae local to North America. There are at least two described species in Dearthrus.

Species

These two species belong to the genus Dearthrus:

• Dearthrus longulus LeConte, 1863
• Dearthrus stebbinsi Beal, 1954

Further reading

• Biology and taxonomy of the Nearctic species of Trogoderma (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). 1954. Beal. Richard S. Jr.. University of California Publications in Entomology. 10. 35–102. 0068-6417.
• World catalogue of the Dermestidae. 2003. Háva . Jirí. Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East Supplement. 1. 1–196.
• Annotated Checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with Revised Key to the Genera. 2003. Beal . R. S. Jr.. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 57. 4. 391–404. 10.1649/573. 4009680. 86141863.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.
• Book: Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). 2012. Arango. Rachel A.. Young. Daniel K.. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. General Technical Report. FPL–GTR–209. 2019-09-24. 2018-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180720212459/https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr209.pdf. dead.