Key for the identification of British Dermestidae

The current checklist has 40 species in this family on the British list from six subfamilies and thirteen genera. They are associated with dry animal or vegetable material, which means some species are pests. A number of species on the British list are only found indoors and some are only known from a few records. Most species are dealt with by Peacock (1993), Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 5 part 3.