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Zoology and Ecology Catalogue of Latvian See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256434329 Catalogue of Latvian Dermestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Article in Zoology and Ecology · September 2013 DOI: 10.1080/21658005.2013.830408 CITATIONS READS 4 184 3 authors: Andris Bukejs Dmitry Telnov Daugavpils University Natural History Museum, London 179 PUBLICATIONS 917 CITATIONS 227 PUBLICATIONS 1,243 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Jiri Háva Výzkumný ústav lesního hospodářství a myslivosti 745 PUBLICATIONS 2,510 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: IUCN assessment of legally protected Invertebrata species for Latvia View project BMNH Specimen Photography Site View project All content following this page was uploaded by Dmitry Telnov on 13 July 2015. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. This article was downloaded by: [Andris Bukejs] On: 15 September 2013, At: 01:33 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Zoology and Ecology Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tzec20 Catalogue of Latvian Dermestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) a b c Andris Bukejs , Dmitry Telnov & Jiří Háva a Vienības iela 42-29, LV-5401 , Daugavpils , Latvia b Stopiņu novads , Dārza iela 10, LV-2130 , Dzidriņas , Latvia c Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology , Czech University of Life Sciences , Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21 , Prague 6 – Suchdol , Czech Republic Published online: 05 Sep 2013. 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Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http:// www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions Zoology and Ecology, 2013 Vol. 23, No. 3, 224–232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21658005.2013.830408 Catalogue of Latvian Dermestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Andris Bukejsa*, Dmitry Telnovb and Jiří Hávac aVienības iela 42-29, LV-5401, Daugavpils, Latvia; bStopiņu novads, Dārza iela 10, LV-2130, Dzidriņas, Latvia; cFaculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21, Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic (Received 3 June 2013; accepted 21 July 2013) A critically annotated catalogue of Dermestidae species recorded in Latvia is presented. In total, 33 species belonging to nine genera and four subfamilies are confirmed for Latvia. However, some of them, i.e. Dermestes ater DeGeer, D. erichsoni Ganglbauer, D. undulatus (Brahm), Trinodes hirtus (Fabricius), and Globicornis emarginata (Gyllenhal), are known only from old records, and new material is needed to confirm their occurrence in the local fauna. One species, Megatoma graeseri (Reitter, 1887) is recorded in Latvia for the first time. A complete bibliography of Latvian skin beetles is reviewed and analysed. The research history of Latvian Dermestidae is discussed. The Latvian fauna of skin beetles is represented by nine chorotypes. Cosmopolitan (13 or 39.4%) species are predominant in dermestid fauna of Latvia. Išanalizavus bibliografiją ir tyrimų istoriją sudarytas naujas anotuotas Latvijos kailiavabalių rūšių katalogas. Patvirtinta, kad Latvijos faunoje iš viso yra 33 šių vabalų rūšys, priklausančios 9 gentims ir 4 pošeimiams. Apie Dermestes ater DeGeer, D. erichsoni Ganglbauer, D. undulatus (Brahm), Trinodes hirtus (Fabricius) ir Globicornis emarginata (Gyllenhal) priklausymą Latvijos faunai žinoma tik iš senųšaltinių.Būtina nauja medžiaga šiai informacijai patvirtinti. Megatoma graeseri (Reitter, 1887) Latvijoje užregistruotas pirmą kartą. Latvijos faunoje yra skiriami 9 kailiavabalių chorotipai; dominuoja kosmopolitinės (13, t.y. 39,4%) rūšys. Keywords: Coleoptera; Dermestidae; Latvia; fauna; catalogue; biogeography Introduction The first information on skin beetles from the present The family Dermestidae is divided into six subfamilies territory of Latvia was published in the second half of the (Lawrence and Slipinski 2005; Kiselyova and McHugh eighteenth century by Fischer (1778, 1784, 1791). In the fi 2006; Bouchard et al. 2011) with 58 genera and approxi- rst edition of his monograph, which introduced the natu- – mately 1460 species and subspecies worldwide (Háva ral history of Livland (Fischer 1778), two species Der- – 2003). About 590 species and subspecies are known in mestes lardarius L. and D. murinus L. were mentioned. the Palaearctic (Háva 2007). The family, like most of its After some additions (Fischer 1784) in the second edition subfamilies, has a worldwide distribution. One fossil of his monograph, Fischer (1791) already mentioned four tribe, five genera, and more than 30 species are presently species, namely Dermestes lardarius, D. murinus L., known (Háva and Prokop 2004; Háva and Bukejs 2012; Attagenus pellio (L.) [as Dermestes], Anthrenus scrophu- Downloaded by [Andris Bukejs] at 01:33 15 September 2013 Háva 2013; Ponomarenko and Kirejtshuk 2013). lariae (L.) [as Byrrchus]. Skin beetles are most commonly found on flowering The professor of Jelgava (former Mitau) gymnasium plants and dried animal carcasses and are also nidicolous Johan Groschke published a list of household pests. In the “ ” in nests of vertebrates and social Hymenoptera. monograph Beschreibungen der Provinz Kurland Dermestids are also found in human dwellings. Most dedicated to Kurzeme [Curland], he reported three species species feed almost exclusively on materials of animal of Dermestidae (Groschke 1805): Dermestes lardarius L., origin, such as bones, skin, fur, wool, silk, etc. However, D. murinus L., and Attagenus pellio (L.) [as Dermestes]. fi some species feed partly or entirely on vegetable matter. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the rst Some species specialize in plant material (Zhantiev 1974, checklist of Coleoptera of the Latvian fauna was 1976; Bousquet 1990; Toskina 2007). Many species are published without indication of authorship. It included serious pests and can damage stored food and items of 725 species of Coleoptera from a large territory includ- organic origin, including museum collections (especially ing most of the present-day Latvia. According to Kawall ī zoological). A few species are predatory, Thorictinae (1868), the author was the resident of R ga Precht species are myrmecophilous. (1818). In this catalogue, 11 species are listed as skin To date, 33 species of Dermestidae are confirmed for beetles. According to contemporary systematics, only the Latvian fauna. Until now, 51 works containing nine species belonged to Dermestidae. Two taxa (listed information on skin beetles in Latvia have been published. as Dermestes pedicularis and Dermestes fumatus) are *Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] Ó 2013 Nature Research Centre Zoology and Ecology 225 currently representatives of Kateretidae and Byturidae or Fragmentary faunal data on Latvian skin beetles were Mycetophagidae, respectively. also published by Barševskis (1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, In 1829, the resident of Jelgava J. G. Fleischer 1997a, 2001), Barševskis et al. (2004); Barševskis, published another revision of beetles for the Baltic area. Bukejs, and Anichtchenko (2008), Bukejs (2006), Danka In this revision, 640 species of Coleoptera are and Stiprais (1972), Leiskina (2000), Telnov (1996, mentioned, which, according to the author, were 2001), Telnov et al. (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, recorded for the fauna of “Ostseeprovinzen” (the Baltic 2011). Sea provinces) for the first time (Fleischer 1829). In 1997, the first catalogue of Latvian Coleoptera Among them, there were five skin beetle species, was published (Telnov et al. 1997), containing 27 species namely Dermestes ater Deg [as Dermestes domesticus of the family Dermestidae. In the second edition of this Gebl.], D. laniarius Ill., D. affinis Gyll. [according to catalogue (Telnov 2004), this number had slightly the modern taxonomy the last two taxa are conspecific], increased (28 species); however, Dermestes mustelinus
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