Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankae Hava , 1999

Nardi, Gianluca & Hava, Jiri, 2013, Italian Dermestidae: notes on some species and an updated checklist (Coleoptera), ZooKeys 360, pp. 45-81 : 48

Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankae Hava, 1999

Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankae Háva, 1999: Háva 2007: 301.

Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankai [sic!] Háva, 1999: Zhantiev 2011a.

Material examined.

Italy mer. [= southern Italy], [no other data], 1 ♂ (JHAC).

Chorotype.

W-Mediterranean: Spain, France, Italy and Algeria ( Háva 2007, Prieto and Háva 2013).

Italian distribution.

Italy (without further details) ( Háva 2007). Italian mainland ( Zhantiev 2011a).

Remarks.

Species described from southern France ( Háva 1999: 143); the generic record for Italy ( Háva 2007) was based on the above specimen.

The specific name (hankae) is correct ( ICZN 1999, art. 31.1.2), so the name hankai is only a subsequent incorrect spelling.

This species is very similar to Dermestes (Dermestinus) pardalis Billberg, 1808 ( Háva 1999, Herrmann and Bahillo de la Puebla 2003, Prieto and Háva 2013); the re-examination of specimens attributed to it could provide additional records of Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankae . In Italy, Dermestes (Dermestinus) pardalis is recorded from Sardinia (cf. Háva and Nardi 2011), generically from mainland Italy ( Zhantiev 2011a), and from a non-specified locality of the northern mainland ( Giachino 1982: 360, as Dermestes thoracicus Dejean[, 1821 (nomen nudum)]), but this record, based on very old specimens, should be confirmed.