Dermestes (Dermestes) ater DeGeer, 1774

Hava, Jiri, Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2023, The subfamily Dermestinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia, ZooKeys 1138, pp. 161-173 : 161

Dermestes (Dermestes) ater DeGeer, 1774

Fig. 1A, B

Material examined.

Saudi Arabia • 1 ♂; Eastern Province, An Nuayriah, Al Sarar ; 27°25'45.5"N, 48°27'0.0"E; 60 m a.s.l.; 2 Mar. 2011; H. Al Dhafer; H. Setyaningrum & A. Al Ansi leg.; collected from carcasses on the road;, J. Háva det.; KSMA • 1 ♀; Makkah Province, Jeddah , "Ras Halibah" [Ras Hatibah];, 7 May. 1982; W. Büttiker leg.;JHAC • 4 ex; Riyadh Province, Dirab, Al-Dhab Farm; 5 Oct. 1986; collected from chicken farm waste, J. Háva det.; KSMA; • 1 ex; Riyadh, Al-Wahah Farm; 12 Oct. 1989; J. Háva det.; KSMA .

Note.

This species was previously recorded in Eastern Province at Al Hofuf ( Mroczkowski 1979); Dammam ( Mroczkowski 1979), Dhahran ( Mroczkowski 1979), and Riyadh Province at Riyadh ( Mroczkowski 1979). The listed specimens were collected from low elevation areas (<600 m) in central, eastern, and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Fig. 4A ).

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan ( Háva 2007, 2015, 2022).

Figures

Figure 1. Dorsal habitus and abdominal ventrites (photos by A. Herrmann) of Dermestes species A, B D. ater DeGeer, 1774 C, D D. haemorrhoidalis Kuester, 1852 E, F D. lardarius Linnaeus, 1758.

Figure 4. Distribution map of the Dermestinae species in Saudi Arabia A Dermestes ater, D. haemorrhoidalis, and D. undulatus B D. frischii C D. maculatus D D. lardarius, Mariouta stangei, and Rhopalosilpha wasmanni.