Trogoderma rufonotatum Pic, 1942

Háva, Jiří, 2008, New faunistic data and remarks on some species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2), pp. 125-129 : 128

Trogoderma rufonotatum Pic, 1942

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Trogoderma rufonotatum Pic, 1942: 6 . Trogoderma rufonotatum Pic, 1943: 12 (homonym).

Trogoderma rufonotatum : Háva, 2006: 36.

Type material. l „ Perou “ [small, handwritten label] / „ Trogoderma rufonotatum n sp“ [handwritten label]. Holotype is very destroyed, probably female (only abdominal tergites, left elytron and posterior half of right elytron remain); deposited in MNHN.

Original description. „Oblongus, nitidus, sparse griseo pubescens et semi-hirsutus, sat minute et sparse punctatus, niger, elytris rufis, in disco et antice nigro notatis, membris rufis. L. 2,3 m. Pérou. - Caractérisé par sa particuliére coloration élytrale.“

Remarks. Elytra light brown, with very short yellow, decumbed pubescence, without black patterns (!) ( Fig. 2). Abdominal tergites dark brown. Black spots that Pic mentions in the original description could have been possibly caused by hind wings folded under translucent elytra. The destroyed specimen is very similar to the cosmopolitan species T. granarium Everts, 1898 (known also from Peru as introduced species), but correct identification of the destroyed holotype is very problematic. Further study based on the more material is certainly required for resolving this question.

Distribution. Known only from Peru.

Subfamily Thorictinae

Tribe Thaumaphrastini