Dermestes talpinus Mannerheim, 1843

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 9-10

Dermestes talpinus Mannerheim, 1843

NEW BRUNSWICK: Kent Co.: Kouchibouquac National Park , 22.vi.1978. D.B. Lyons, (2), CNC . NOVA SCOTIA: Cape Breton Co.: South Bar , 3.viii.1995, A. Brown, CBU ; Colchester Co.: Shubenacadie , 19.viii.2004, D. MacDonald, NSNR ; Digby Co.: Mavilette Beach , 20.vii.1993, J. & T. Cook, beach dune, JCC ; Halifax Co.: Herring Cove , 5.vi.1947, D.C. Ferguson, NSMC ; Kings Co.: Kentville , 11.v.1961, D.H. Webster, on decaying fox, DHWC ; Kentville , 18.vii.2003, J. Ogden & N. Wood, (2), NSNR .

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia. Found in the western and northern USA north to Alaska; in Canada recorded throughout the country from the Yukon and Northwest Territories and British Columbia east to New Brunswick ( Beal 2003, Bousquet 1991). Found on dry carrion ( Hatch 1962). In the Maritime Provinces found both on carrion and in beach drift environments.