The area formation history of some invasive dermestid beetle species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) on the territory of the Russian Federation

The article describes the history of the distribution of alien Dermestidae species, which include pests of grain crops and its derivate products, and pests of zoological collections, over the past 150 years at the regional level within the territory of the modern Russian Federation. The area formation description history for 13 Dermestidae species was described: Anthrenus picturatus Solsky, Attagenus gobicola Frivaldszky, Attagenus simulans Solsky, Attagenus smirnovi Zhantiev, Attagenus unicolor (Brahm), Megatoma tianschanica Sokolov, Eurhopalus vespulae (Milliron), Тhylodrias contractus Motschulsky, Trogoderma glabrum (Herbst), Trogoderma inclusum LeConte, Trogoderma teukton Beal, Trogoderma variabile Ballion, Trogoderma versicolor (Creutzer).

The areas of the listed species were mapped in 1870, 1915, 1980, 2000 and 2020 using the software Russia_locator_name and the saturation dynamics analysis of the geographic regions. The work is based on the analysis of literary sources.

Based on the area analysis of the 13 invasive species, the saturation pattern of Russian regions with alien Dermestidae species described.

The shift of the northern boundaries of the areas for Trogoderma teukton and Trogoderma variabile on the border with Kazakhstan is shown.

The main stages of the area formation are described, including entering international logistics networks, importation, local outbreak formation, the formation of a continuous area.

It is shown that regions with an average saturation level with alien species of pests of grain crops and its derivate products appeared in the European part of Russia and Southern Siberia by 2000, and regions with a high level of saturation – by 2020 only in the European part. For museum pests, the saturation with alien species was different. Regions with medium and high saturation levels were formed in the European part already by 1970; by 2000, regions with high saturation with alien species also formed in southern Siberia, and by 2020, in Eastern Siberia. Possible reasons for the differences in the saturation pattern for the two groups of pests are discussed.

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