Discoveries of Carpet Beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) of the South of Russia

Abstract

SUMMARY. As a result of the collecting in 2003–2015 in the south part of European Russia and in the North Caucasus 15 species of the carpet beetles (Dermestidae) were found, which was firstly recorded for the Russian territory or was recently listed without specific information: Dermestes intermedius Kalik, 1951, Dermestes elegans Gebler in Ledebour, 1830, Attagenus fasciolatus (Solsky, 1876), Anthrenus amoenulus Reitter, 1896, Anthrenus zebra Reitter, 1889, Anthrenus latefasciatus Reitter, 1892, Anthrenus olgae Kalik, 1946, Anthrenus tadzhicus Mroczkowski, 1961, Anthrenus hissaricus Mroczkowski, 1961, Anthrenus sordidulus Reitter, 1889, Attagenus ionicus Zhantiev, 2005, Attagenus unicolor simulans Solsky, 1876, Attagenus suspiciosus Solsky, 1876, Ctesias hajeki Hava, 2005, Megatoma conspersa Solsky, 1876.

Coleoptera Fauna Beetles of Nest Birds of the Northern Caucasus

“…Beetles start breeding earlier in the semi-desert and steppe zones of the study area. The daily activity of most species falls under the description of morning-evening activity (8-10; 18-21 hours), D. bicolor is characterized by twilight activity (6-8; 19-22 hours) [9,41]. Encounters of adults, larvae, and pupae in nests in all seasons of the year are proof of their good adaptation to the nidicolous way of life (feeding, reproduction) in the specific conditions of the microbiocenosis of the host nest.…”

“…At present, more than 200 species of beetles are known for which infestation with helminth larvae has been established [3-7, 14-16, 26], which increases interest not only in clarifying the species composition of beetles but also in studying their biology as components of the nest microbiocenosis. For Dermestidae species, the possibility of transferring pathogens has been established [8,24,25]. Gamasids are phoresiaphoresizedtic on adults of necrobiont species; according to our research, the following species of gamasid mites have been identified -Poecilochirus necrophori, Parasitus ssp..…”

“…Gamasids are phoresiaphoresizedtic on adults of necrobiont species; according to our research, the following species of gamasid mites have been identified -Poecilochirus necrophori, Parasitus ssp.. These species are capable of tolerating rickettsioses [24,25].…”

“…Among the non-parasitic insects, beetles were the first arthropods that attracted attention in the study of nidicolous animal fauna [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. The mention of beetles as nest dwellers is known as early as the last century [1,2,[4][5][6][7][8][11][12][13].…”

“…The first attempts to systematically study beetles from bird nests, as well as to identify the biological relationship between the owner and the inhabitants of his nest, are given in the works of the authors [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][14][15][16][17][18][19]. We have published the following articles on the study of this issue [20][21][22][23][24][25].…”