Dermestes (Dermestinus) frischii Kugellan, 1792

Fig. 2A-C

Material examined.

Saudi Arabia • 2 ♂; Baha Province, Al Mandaq, Amadan; 20°12'11"N, 41°13'43"E; 14 Oct. 2010; H.Aldhafer & H.Fadl leg.; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; Asir Province, Bareq, Thloth Al Mandhar, Wadi Baqrah; 18°47.476'N, 41°56.310'E; 331 m a.s.l.; 20 Apr. 2011; H. Fadl & H. Setyaningrum leg.; LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♀; Eastern Province, Al Jubail, Ras al Ghar; 26°15'34"N, 49°52'01"E; 16 Apr. 2010; H. Al Dhafer leg.; HP; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 3 ♂, 4 ♀; Eastern Province, An Nuayriyah, Al Sarar; 27°25'45.5"N, 48°27'00"E; 60 m a.s.l.;, 2 Mar. 2011; H. Al Dhafer, H. Setyaningrum & A. Al Ansi leg.; collected from Carcases; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; same collection data as for preceding; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 5 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 ♂; Makkah Province, Jeddah, Shoiba; 20°51'N, 39°24'E; 1 m a.s.l.; 19 Oct. 1982; W. Büttiker leg.; JHAC • 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Makkah Province, Taif, Al Wesam District; 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 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Riyadh Province, Ad Diriah, Ad Diriah Desert; 6 May. 2010; H. Al Dhafer, A. El Gharbawy & A. El Torkey leg.; MT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♂, 4 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Al Amariyah, Animal Production Dept. Farm KSU; 31 Mar. 2008;, LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 2 ♂, 3 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Aljabilah, Prince Bander Farm; 26 Apr. 2008; M. Otybi leg.; LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 3 May. 2008; M. Otybi leg.; LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 31 May. 2008; M. Otybi leg.; LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Al Obaiteh, 50 km W. Riyadh, Obikan Farm; 7 May. 2007; M. Otybi leg.; LT; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Thonyan Al Thonyan Farm; 28 Jul. 2007; H. Al Ayedh & H. Al Dhafer leg.; LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 3 ♂, 4 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; Education Farm KSU; 1 Apr. 2008; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 7 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 4 ♂, 6 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 3 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 14 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 5 Apr. 2008, M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 7 ♂, 8 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 2 ♂, 6 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 9 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♂, 11 ♀; same collection data as for preceding 11 Apr. 2008; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Apr. 2011; H. Setyaningrum leg.; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 1 ♂; Riyadh Province, Alkharj, Al-Shahwan Farm; 24 Mar. 2010; A. Al-Hasbel leg.; SW; J. Háva det.; KSMA • 1 ♀; Riyadh Province, Huraymala, Wadi Huraymala; 770 m a.s.l.; 24 Nov. 1988; C.W. Mills leg.; J. Háva det.; FSCA • 1 ♀; Riyadh Province, Mozahmiya, Al Khararah; 24°24'21"N, 46°14'40"E; 17 Apr. 2012; H. Al Dhafer, H. Fadl, A. El Torkey, M. Abdel-Dayem & A. Al Ansi leg.; LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Riyadh Province, Rumah, Rawdhat khorim; 29 Apr. 2011; Y. Aldryhim leg.; LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 25°25.943'N, 47°13.863'E; 572 m a.s.l.; 6 Mar. 2012; PT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA • 1 ex; same collection data as for preceding; 27 May. 2012; LT; M.S. Abdel-Dayem det.; KSMA .

Note.

Mroczkowski (1979) documented this species in Jeddah. Recently it was collected at Jeddah from rabbit carcasses (Al-Shareef and Al-Mazyad 2017) and human remains (Al-Shareef and Zaki 2017), and at Riyadh from camel, dog, and goat carcasses (Mashaly et al. 2019) and human corpses (Alajmi et al. 2016). This species has also been collected from sheep carcasses in Riyadh, Jazan, and Arar (Mashaly et al. 2018). The listed specimens were collected at different elevations (7-1920 m) in the central, east, and lowlands and mountainous areas of southwest Saudi Arabia (Fig. 4B).

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan ( Háva 2007, 2015, 2022).