Italian Dermestidae: notes on some species and an updated checklist (Coleoptera) Author Nardi, Gianluca MiPAAF, Corpo Forestale dello Stato, Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversita Forestale " Bosco Fontana " di Verona, Sede di Bosco Fontana, Strada Mantova 29, I- 46045 Marmirolo (MN), Italy Author Hava, Jiri Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 1176, CZ- 165 21, Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic text ZooKeys 2013 2013-12-06 360 45 81 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.360.6023 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.360.6023 1313-2970-360-45 441BB156FF9B58304C3BFFBDFFA1FFBD 578089 Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankae Hava , 1999 Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankae Hava , 1999: Hava 2007 : 301. Dermestes (Dermestinus) hankai [sic!] Hava , 1999: Zhantiev 2011a . Material examined. Italy mer. [= southern Italy], [no other data], 1 ♂ (JHAC). Chorotype. W-Mediterranean: Spain, France, Italy and Algeria ( Hava 2007 , Prieto and Hava 2013 ). Italian distribution. Italy (without further details) ( Hava 2007 ). Italian mainland ( Zhantiev 2011a ). Remarks. Species described from southern France ( Hava 1999 : 143); the generic record for Italy ( Hava 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 ( Hava 1999 , Herrmann and Bahillo de la Puebla 2003 , Prieto and Hava 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. Hava 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.