Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky, 1839

Khachikov, E. A., Háva, J. & Poushkova, S. V., 2022, New records of the skin beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus, with description of a new species from Kazakhstan, Far Eastern Entomologist 448, pp. 1-10 : 8

Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky, 1839

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: the Republic of Kalmykia: Elista , 20.IV

1984, 1♂, collector unknown ( CZ) .

DISTRIBUTION. Holarctic Region, Brazil, Venezuela, Australia (Háva, 2015).

REMARKS. Thylodrias contractus is known as a pest of collection of insects

(Zhantiev, 1976). We also found the larva of this species in the dried harmala herb

( Peganum harmala L., 1753) brought from Tajikistan, presumably the city of

Khujand. In Kalmykia, it possibly lives in the natural environment. This assumption is supported by the observations of Zhantiev (1976) in the arid stations of Turkmenistan, which are in many respects similar to those in Kalmykia.