Necrobia rufipes (DeGeer, 1775)

Giraldo-Mendoza, Alfredo Edgardo, 2025, Distribution records of the main forensically important species of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Peru, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (2), pp. 323-338 : 326

Necrobia rufipes (DeGeer, 1775)

Material examined. (111 specimens) PERU, 10 ( MEKRB), on sea lion carcass , Ancash, Santa, Samanco, Vesique beach (09°12'30.04"S 78°29'04.32"W), 27-II-2018, A. Giraldo & R. Gasani, leg. ; 5 ( MUSM), Callao, La Punta , (12°04'26.39"S 77°09'57.59"W, 10 m); 12 ( MEKRB) , Huánuco, Leoncio Prado, Tingo Maria , 10- VII-1981, Mosquera leg. ; 2 ( MUSM), on coastal desert, direct searching, Ica, Nasca, Marcona (15°20'47.5"S 75°07'27.1"W, 58 m), 19-III-2019, I. Galindo leg. ; 3 ( MUSM), Ica, Pisco, Pisco (13°42'50.40"S 76°11'02.39"W, 10 m); 1 ( MEKRB), on seabird remains , Ica, Pisco, San Andres (13°43'15.47"S 76°13'18.79"W), III-2014, A. Giraldo leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), on slaughterhouse waste, La Libertad, Pacasmayo, Pacasmayo (07°23'49.20"S 79°34'17.01"W) 19-XII-2018, A. Giraldo leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), on sea lion carcass, Lambayeque, Chiclayo, Pimentel, Pimentel beach (06°50'28.82"S 79°56'15.53"W), 20-IX-2018, A. Giraldo leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), on Humboldt penguin carcass , Lima, Huaura, Huacho (11°06'25.00"S 77°37'04.00"W), 10-VIII-2018, A. Giraldo leg. ; 2 ( SENASA), Lima, Lima, 20-IV-1944, J. Lamas leg. ; 2 ( SENASA), Lima, Lima, 11-IV-1962, Lung leg. ; 19 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, 10-XI-1963, K. Raven leg. ; 3 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, 10-XII-1963, K. Raven leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, 01-II-1965, C. Olivares leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, 24-VII-1968, O. Velarde leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, 15-XII-1968, O. Velarde leg. ; 2 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, X-1970, I. Caceres leg. ; 7 ( SENASA), Lima, Lima, 25-IX-1972, T. Grundy leg. ; 1 ( SENASA), Lima, Lima, 14-XII-1972, C. Valle leg. ; 1 ( SENASA), Lima, Lima, 15-IV-1980, W. Diaz leg. ; 12 ( MUSM), 1 ( SENASA), Lima, Lima, 30-V-1980, W. Diaz leg. ; 4 ( MUSM), Lima, Barranco (20 m); 1 ( MUSM) , Lima, Lima, Chorrillos, Pantanos de Villa (20 m); 4 ( MEKRB) , Lima, Lima, La Molina , 17-XII-1980, J. Musto leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, La Molina , 22-II-2005, S. Mayta leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, La Molina , 05-V-2005, M. Cardozo leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, La Molina , 16-V-2005, M. Cardozo leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, La Molina , 18- VII-2005, S. Diaz leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, La Molina , 18-II-2006, J. Alvarado leg. ; 5 ( MUSM), Lima, Lima, San Miguel (12°04'37.19"S 77°05'05.99"W, 45 m); 1 ( MUSM), on sea lion carcass , Lima, Lima, Villa El Salvador, Venecia beach (12°14'31.20"S 76°56'45.59"W, 2 m); 1 ( MUSM), on garbage dump , Moquegua, Mariscal Nieto, near to Cerro baúl archaeological site (17°06'46.79"S 70°50'27.59"W, 2030 m), 24-II-2022, A. Giraldo leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), on green turtle carcass, Tumbes, Contralmirante Villar, Zorritos, Zorritos beach (03°40'38.10"S 80°40'20.00"W, 10 m), 19-IX-2018, A. Giraldo leg.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan. PERU. Ancash (Santa), Ayacucho (Huamanga), Callao, Huanuco (Huanuco, Leoncio Prado), Ica (Chincha, Nasca, Pisco), Junin (Huancayo), La Libertad (Pacasmayo, Trujillo), Lambayeque (Chiclayo, Ferreñafe), Lima (Huarochiri, Huaura, Lima), Moquegua (Mariscal Nieto), Piura (Ayabaca, Huancabamba, Morropon, Paita, Piura, Sechura, Sullana, Talara), Tacna (Tacna), Tumbes (Contralmirante Villar, Zarumilla) ( Iannacone, 2003; Peceros, 2011; Ginés et al., 2015; Sarmiento & Padilla, 2015; Murrugarra, 2016; Villanueva & Seclén, 2016; Villanueva, 2016; Oré, 2017; Andrade et al., 2018; Medina et al., 2018; Juárez & González, 2019, 2024; Saavedra et al., 2019; Torres, 2020; Cortéz, 2021; Lázaro, 2021; Chamochumbi et al., 2022; Esquiagola, 2022; Iannacone et al., 2023; Jaime, 2023). In coastal deserts, dry forests, Andean foothills, and montane forests ( Fig. 1A).