Dermestes (Dermestinus) maculatus DeGeer, 1774

Fig. 2D-F

Material examined.

Saudi Arabia • 2 ♀; Baha Province, Al Mandaq, Amadan; 20°12'11"N, 41°13'43"E; 14 Oct. 2010; H. Al Dhafer, B. Kondratieff, H. Fadl & A. El Gharbawy leg.; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 4 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Oct. 2010; H.Aldhafer & H.Fadl leg.; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 12 ex; Baha Province, Al Baha, Al-Baher Mountain; 15 Mar. 2010; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 1 ♀; Asir Provence, Khamis Mushayt; 2050 m a.s.l.; 9 Jan. 1998; J. Háva det.;, JHAC • 1 ex; Makkah Province; Taif; 21°12'17"N, 40°20'43"E; 11 Oct. 2010; H. Al Dhafer, B. Kondratieff, H. Fadl & A. El Gharbawy leg.; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 6 ex; Eastern Province; Dammam, near shore; 26°21'3.744"N, 50°13'41.462"E; 3 m a.s.l.; 15 Oct. 2018, A. Alqurashi leg.; PT beside rabbit carcass; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♀; Riyadh Province, Ad Diriyah, Al Amariyah, Animal Production Dept. Farm KSU; 23 Mar. 2011; H. Setyaningrum leg.; BT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; Riyadh Province, Riyadh; Oct.1989; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 4 ex; Riyadh Province, Ad Diriyah, Al Amariyah; 28 Jan. 2008; D. Boy Valenza leg., M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 2 ex; same collection data as for preceding; Albeer Farm; 29 Oct. 2008; A. Al-Ahmari leg.; SW; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex, same collection data as for preceding; 8 Dec. 2010; SW; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 2 ♀; Riyadh Province, Ad Diriyah, Education Farm KSU; 1 Apr. 2008; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 1 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 31 Mar. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 3 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 3 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 5 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 3 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 9 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 2 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 3 Nov. 2009; H. Setyaningrum leg.; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 6 ex; Riyadh Province, Riyadh, Al-Wahah Farm; 15 May. 2021; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; Riyadh Province, Shaqra; 21 May. 1978; HP from mill waste; J. Háva det.; KSMA .

Note.

Dermestes maculatus is the most common species within the subfamily Dermestinae in Saudi Arabia. It was previously collected from rabbit carcasses at Baha (Abouzied 2014), Al-Ahsa (Shaalan et al. 2017), t Madinah (Al-Dakhil and Alharbi 2020), Jeddah (Al-Shareef and Al-Mazyad 2017), and Riyadh (Mashaly 2017). It has been collected from sheep carcasses in Jizan and Northern Border (Mashaly et al. 2018). Al-Qahtni et al. (2020) have reported the species from dead human bodies in Riyadh. Also, it was collected by other methods from Makkah Province, Jeddah (Shalaby 1961; Mroczkowski 1979) and Riyadh Province, Dierab (Elgharbawy 2018). The species was collected in both low- and highlands (10-2330 m) in the following provinces: Asir, Baha, Eastern Province, Madinah, Makkah, and Riyadh (Fig. 4C).

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan ( Háva 2011, 2015, 2022).