Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankae sp. n. from France and D. (Montandonia) sichuanicus sp. n. from China provinces Sichuan and Gansu are described, compared an illustrated. New records extending the known geographic distribution of the following species are published: Dermestes (Dermestinus) carnivorus Fabricius, 1775 (Syria, Taiwan); D. (D.) erichsoni Ganglbauer, 1904 (algeria, Tunisia); D. (D.) frischii Kugelan, 1792 (Oman); D. (D.) kaszabi Kalík, 1950 (Germany); D. (D.) maculatus De Geer, 1774 (Oman, Peru Uruuagay, Venezuela); D. (D.) dardous sardous Küster, 1846 (Jordania); D. (D.) tessellatocollis pici Lepesme, 1946 (Nepal); D. (Dermestes) ater De Geer, 1774 (Oman); D. (D.) lardarius Linnaeus, 1758 (Madagascar); D. (D.) peruvianus Castelnau, 1840 (Czech Republic). The following synonyms are proposed: D. (D.) frischii Kugelan, 1792 (=D. frischii ssp. heyrovskyi Obenberger, 1917, syn. n.); D. (D.) lardarius Linnaeus, 1758 (=D. lardarius var. proximus Reitter, 1887, syn. n.; D. lardarius var. conjunctus Reitter, 1887, dyn. n.; D. lardarius var. atrobasalis Pic, 1951, syn. n.). |