Species Dermestes (Dermestinus) frischii Kugelann, 1792

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Regional Maps

• Dermestes frischii Kugelann, J.G. 1792. Verzeichniss der in einigen Gegenden Preussens bis jetzt entdeckten Käfer-Arten, nebst kurzen Nachrichten von denselben. Neuestes Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie (Schneider) 1(4): 477-512 [478].
• Dermestes frischii uniformis Rey, C. 1889. Remarques en passant. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 5: 58-59 [59].
• Dermestes frischii heyrovskyi Obenberger, J. 1917. II. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Käfer-fauna. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82: 9-45 [32] [as subspecies].
• Dermestes frischii rufimembris Pic, M. 1951. Descriptions diverses et notes. Diversités Entomologiques, Moulins 8: 7-16 [7] [as variety].
• Dermestes frischii sternimaculatus Marcu, O. 1957. Contributii la cunoasterea faunei Coleopteleror Transilvaniei. Bulletin of the University Cluj-Napoca, Rumania 2: 527-544 [531] [as variety].
• Dermestes pollinctus Hope, F.W. 1834. Notice of several species of insects found in the heads of Egyptian mummies. In, Pettigrew, T.J. (ed.). A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by the Egyptians. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman xxi 264pp. [54].
• Dermestes vulpinus Herbst, J.F.W. 1792. Natursystem aller bekannten in und ausländischen Insecten; nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné bearbeitet (von C.G. Jablonsky), fortgesetzt von J.F.W. Herbst. Berlin : Pauli Vol. 4 viii 197 pp. 12 pls. [124] [junior primary homonym of Dermestes vulpinus Fabricius, 1781].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [17]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larvae: scavenger.

General References

Hinton, H.E. 1945. A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 viii 443 pp. [269] (adult description, biology)

Peacock, E.R. 1993. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their Relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). London : Royal Entomological Society of London 144 pp. [47] (biology, adult and larval keys)

Zhantiev, R.D. & Volkova, T.G. 1999. Larvae of dermestid beetles from the genus Dermestes (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) in Russia and adjacent countries. 1. Dermestinus subgenus. [In Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 78(2): 170-180 [174] (larval description)

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