Dermestes maculatus

beetle which eats decaying flesh
Taxon taxon Q1246046
Dermestes maculatus
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Dermestes maculatus

Summary

Dermestes maculatus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month, #1,604 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dermestes maculatus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Dermestes maculatus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Dermestes maculatus is classified within Dermestes[5].
  • Dermestes maculatus's scientific name is Dermestes maculatus[6].
  • Dermestes maculatus's Commons category is recorded as Dermestes maculatus[7].
  • Dermestes maculatus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dermestes maculatus[8].
  • Dermestes maculatus's Commons gallery is recorded as Dermestes maculatus[9].
  • Dermestes maculatus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'D. maculatus'}[10].
  • Dermestes maculatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Huidenkever'}[11].
  • Dermestes maculatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'vuotakuoriainen'}[12].
  • Dermestes maculatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'tørrfiskbille'}[13].
  • Dermestes maculatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'hide beetle'}[14].
  • Dermestes maculatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'leather beetle'}[15].
  • Dermestes maculatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common hide beetle'}[16].
  • Dermestes maculatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '白腹皮蠹'}[17].
  • Dermestes maculatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '암검은수시렁이'}[18].
  • Dermestes maculatus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[19].
  • Dermestes maculatus's taxon author citation is recorded as DeGeer, 1774[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Dermestes maculatus is Dermestes maculatus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Dermestes[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Huidenkever'}[11], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'vuotakuoriainen'}[12], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'tørrfiskbille'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'hide beetle'}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'leather beetle'}[15], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common hide beetle'}[16].

Identifiers

Dermestes maculatus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 81950[21]. Dermestes maculatus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 473951[22]. Dermestes maculatus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 116794[23]. Dermestes maculatus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1095863[24]. Dermestes maculatus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114980[25].

Why It Matters

Dermestes maculatus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month, #1,604 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . biodiversity.org.au. biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . biodiversity.org.au. biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Dermestes
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    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
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