Dermestes frischii Kugelann, 1792

Dermestes frischii Kugelann, 1792

Material examined. ( 63 specimens) PERU, 2 ( MEKRB), on sea lion carcass, Ancash, Santa, Samanco, Vesique beach ( 09°12'30.04"S 78°29'04.32"W), 27-II-2018, A. Giraldo & R. Gasani leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ( MEKRB), Cajamarca, Cutervo, Cutervo ( 2700 m), 04-XI-2001, J. Llontop leg. ; 22 ( MEKRB), Callao, 03-I-1995, L. Arroyo leg. ; 4 ( MEKRB), on ray carcass, Ica, Chincha, Qala beach ( 13°21'39.60"S 76°13'08.39"W, 17 m), 18- II-2022, A. Giraldo leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ( MUSM), on coastal desert, direct searching, Ica, Nasca, Marcona ( 15°20'47.5"S 75°07'27.1"W, 58 m), 19-III-2019, I. Galindo leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ( MUSM), Ica, Palpa, Changuillo, Coyungo , Puerto Caballa ( 14°56'29.7"S 75°29'04.3"W, 0 m), 02-IV-2010, D. Silva & M. Vilchez leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 ( 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. GoogleMaps ; 2 ( MUSM), Ica, Pisco San Gallán island ( 13°50'31.20"S 76°27'03.59"W), 24-VIII-1999 GoogleMaps ; 2 ( MEKRB), on seabird remains, Ica, Pisco, San Andrés ( 13°43'15.47"S 76°13'18.79"W), III-2014, A. Giraldo leg. GoogleMaps ; 3 ( MEKRB), on sea lion carcass, Lambayeque, Chiclayo, Pimentel, Pimentel beach ( 06°50'28.82"S 79°56'15.53"W), 20-IX-2018, A. Giraldo leg. GoogleMaps ; 5 ( MUSM), on pitfall trap (rotten squid), Lima, Canta, left bank of Chillon river, near to Chaperito bridge ( 11°29'17.7"S 76°38'58.7"W, 2357 m), 11-V-16-VII-2006, M. Dieguez & A. Asenjo leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ( MEKRB), on Humboldt penguin carcass, Lima, Huaura, Huacho ( 11°06'25"S 77°37'04"W), 10-VIII-2018, A. Giraldo leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 ( MEKRB), on pitfall trap (rotten flaked tuna), Lima, Huaura, Lachay lomas ( 11°21'28.80"S 77°22'08.39"W), 25-V-2018, A. Giraldo leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Huaura, Vegueta, Don Martin island , 27-X-2016, J. Figueroa leg. ; 1 ( MUSM), Lima, Lima, 19-V-1971, C. Luna Victoria leg. ; 2 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, La Molina , 19-XI-2006, H. Velasquez leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, La Molina , 26-XII-2006, A. Camargo leg. ; 1 ( MEKRB), Lima, Lima, San Juan de Miraflores, Villa Jardín , 14-III-1994, S. Rondon leg. ; 2 ( MUSM), on sea lion carcass, Lima, Lima, Villa El Salvador, Venecia beach ( 12°14'31"S 76°56'44"W, 2 m), 13-II-2013, S. Pizarro leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ( MEKRB), on garbage dump, Moquegua, Mariscal Nieto, near to Cerro baúl archaeological site ( 17°06'46.79"S 70°50'27.59"W, 2030 m), 24-II-2022, A. Giraldo leg. GoogleMaps ; 6 ( SENASA), Ilo, Ilo , 05-IV-2005, W. Diaz leg.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan. PERU. Ancash (Santa), Cajamarca (Cutervo), Callao, Ica (Chincha, Nasca, Palpa, Pisco), La Libertad (Trujillo), Lambayeque (Chiclayo), Lima (Canta, Huarochiri, Huaura, Lima), Moquegua (Mariscal Nieto), Piura (Paita, Piura), Tacna ( Tacna) ( Ciro et al., 2008; Peceros, 2011; Ginés et al., 2015; Sarmiento & Padilla, 2015; Murrugarra, 2016; Villanueva, 2016; Andrade & Háva, 2018; Andrade et al., 2018; Juárez & González, 2019; Saavedra et al., 2019; Lázaro, 2021; Chamochumbi et al., 2022; Esquiagola, 2022; Iannacone et al., 2023; Jaime, 2023). In coastal deserts, dry forests, and Andean foothills ( Fig. 1B).