Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Dermestinae for Benin (West Africa)

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Checklist for Subfamily Dermestinae Latreille, 1807
and region Benin (West Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	200 1305 2565	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	200 1305 2565	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	191 1271 2495	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	122 1005 2162	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	30 458 951	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	26 364 697	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926	2 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802 Carpet Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Powder-post Beetles	2 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Dermestidae Hope, 1840 Carpet beetles, Dermestid beetles, Dermestids, Skin Beetle	3 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Dermestinae Latreille, 1807	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Benin
2 Genera with 4 Species

Dermestes Linnaeus, 1774	larder beetle	3	Species	Taxom
Thorictus Germar, 2005		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Benin
4 Species

Dermestes (Dermestes) semistriatus (Boheman, 1851)	⇒ Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, 1774
Dermestes (Dermestes) wittei Kalík, 1955
Dermestes (Dermestinus) maculatus DeGeer, 1774	Common hide beetle
Thorictus beninensis Háva & Lackner, 2005

Subnodes of Dermestinae with occurrences in Benin

Tribe	Dermestini Latreille, 1807 skin beetle	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Tribe	Thorictini Agassiz, 1846	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Dermestinae at artfakta.se
Dermestinae at dyntaxa.se
Dermestinae at itis.gov