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Definition of Family Dermestidae
1. Noun. Carpet beetles.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Carpet Beetle, Carpet Bug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Dermestidae
Literary usage of Family Dermestidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"Taken under bark of hickory. Cucujus clavipes Fab. Also occurs under bark of
hickory but sparingly. Family DERMESTIDAE. Dermestes marmoratus Say. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association of Museums by American Association of Museums (1908)
"Order Coleoptera family Dermestidae This family includes a number of the most
destructive of all museum pests. These ordinarily injure only matter ..."
3. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"... belonging to the family Dermestidae, a little brown beetle with white hairy
grubs, which arc bdid to be destructive to wheat stored iu ..."