Dermestes (Skin beetles)

CHP: Traffic Hazard at Highway 101 N and Weott Offramp 12:58 p.m.
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Dermestes maculatus. Photo: (c) riana60, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Dermestes is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed worldwide.

Subgenus: Dermestinus