Dermestes peruvianus Laporte, 1840

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 : 329

Dermestes peruvianus Laporte, 1840

Material examined. (22 specimens) PERU, 1 ( SENASA) , Arequipa, Arequipa, IV-1959, Sanchez Aguirre leg.; 1 ( MUSM) , Ica, Pisco, Pisco beach, 03-VII-1963, R. Garcia leg.; 4 ( MEKRB) , on sea lion carcass, Ica, Pisco, Paracas, Lagunillas beach (13°53'49.20"S 76°18'50.39"W, 17 m), 19-II-2022, A. Giraldo leg.; 1 ( MEKRB) , Ica, Pisco, San Gallán island , VI-2002, L. Alza leg.; 5 ( MEKRB) , Junin, Huancayo, Huancayo , 15-I-1977, M. Palacios leg.; 6 ( MEKRB) , Junin, Huancayo, Huancayo , 28-XII-1977, J. Alcazar leg.; 2 ( MUSM) , Lima, Huaura, Don Martin island , 20-IV-1965, M. Peña leg.; 2 ( MEKRB) , Lima, Lima, La Molina , 12-VII-1979, E. Vasquez leg.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan. PERU. Arequipa (Arequipa), Ica (Chincha, Pisco), Junin (Huancayo), La Libertad (Trujillo), Lima (Huaura, Lima), Piura (Ayabaca, Huancabamba) ( Murphy, 1925; Villanueva, 2016; Juárez & González, 2018, 2019, 2021; Lázaro, 2021; Iannacone et al., 2023). In coastal desert and Andean foothills ( Fig. 1C).