The subfamily Dermestinae (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from Saudi Arabia Author Hava, Jiri https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8076-9538 Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, Ryznerova 37 / 37, CZ- 252 62 Unetice u Prahy, Prague-West, Czech Republic Author Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6276-1740 King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia & Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt mseleem@ksu.edu.sa Author Aldhafer, Hathal M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-2332 King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia text ZooKeys 2023 2023-01-05 1138 161 173 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1138.90338 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1138.90338 1313-2970-1138-161 E4C18E918B1E4656BC098D147E87082F 50242B5D371450B88DC362DFE61154B1 Dermestes (Dermestes) ater DeGeer, 1774 Fig. 1A, B Material examined. Saudi Arabia • 1 ♂ ; Eastern Province , An Nuayriah , Al Sarar ; 27°25'45.5"N , 48°27'0.0"E ; 60 m a.s.l. ; 2 Mar. 2011 ; H. Al Dhafer ; H. Setyaningrum & A. Al Ansi leg.; collected from carcasses on the road;, J. Hava det.; KSMA • 1 ♀ ; Makkah Province , Jeddah , "Ras Halibah" [Ras Hatibah];, 7 May. 1982 ; W. Buettiker leg.;JHAC • 4 ex ; Riyadh Province , Dirab , Al-Dhab Farm ; 5 Oct. 1986 ; collected from chicken farm waste, J. Hava det.; KSMA; • 1 ex ; Riyadh , Al-Wahah Farm ; 12 Oct. 1989 ; J. Hava det.; KSMA . Figure 1. Dorsal habitus and abdominal ventrites (photos by A. Herrmann) of Dermestes species A, B D. ater DeGeer, 1774 C, D D. haemorrhoidalis Kuester , 1852 E, F D. lardarius Linnaeus, 1758. Note. This species was previously recorded in Eastern Province at Al Hofuf ( Mroczkowski 1979 ); Dammam ( Mroczkowski 1979 ), Dhahran ( Mroczkowski 1979 ), and Riyadh Province at Riyadh ( Mroczkowski 1979 ). The listed specimens were collected from low elevation areas (<600 m) in central, eastern, and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Fig. 4A ). Distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Hava 2007 , 2015 , 2022 ).