Dermestes undulatus Brahm, 1790

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 10

Dermestes undulatus Brahm, 1790

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Burnside , 20.v-20.vii.2003, C. Cormier, on decaying pig, (14), SMU ; Burnside , 7.vi-25.vi.2004, C. Cormier, on decaying pig, (4), SMU ; Point Pleasant Park , 2.vi.2002, C.G. Majka, on dead crow, CGMC ; Point Pleasant Park , 23.vi.2002, C.G. Majka, in beach drift, (2), CGMC ; Kings Co.: Kentville , 14.v.2006, D.H. Webster, DHWC .

An introduced Palearctic species, newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 2 ). In the USA recorded from Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ontario, and West Virginia; in Canada recorded from Ontario ( Beal 2003). In the Maritime Provinces found both on carrion and in beach drift environments .

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of Dermestes talpinus Mannerheim, Dermestes undulatus Brahm, Dermestes pulcher LeConte, Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, and Dermestes frischii Kugelann in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.