Jiri Háva

• Diplom
• Head Entomologist at P.E.L.C. - Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection

A new species, Eulagius rakovici Háva, sp.n. from Nepal is described and illustrated. This species is similar to Nepalense E. nepalensis Háva, 2025 and E. brendelli Háva, 2025 but diff ers from them by the elytral colour spots and structure of the antennae.

We describe a new species of Yethiha Caterino, 2021, a third representative of the genus. As the other species, Yethiha lackneri sp. nov. is reported from Kachin amber of the mid-Cretaceous age. Its discovery provides further evidence of the diverse Cretaceous fauna of clown beetles associated with decaying trees. We provide a diagnostic key to all...

Anthrenus (Florilinus) baganuur sp. nov. from Mongolia is described, illustrated and compared with a similar species. The new species differs by the structure of antennae and male genitalia.

This paper gives an overview of published and new records of Mycetophagus ater (Reitter, 1879) from the Bohemia in Czechia.

The species Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795) is recorded from Slovakia for the first time.

Tolyphus punctulatus Rosenhauer, 1856 is newly recorded for Slovakia. Tolyphus punctulatus var. flavipes Fleischer, 1928 is removed from synonymy with Tolyphus punctulatus Rosenhauer, 1856 and is proposed as a junior synonym of Olibrus affinis (Sturm, 1807).

The species Attagenus motykai sp. nov. from Burmese amber is described, illustrated and compared with similar amber species.

Taxonomy, new species, new records, key to species, list of species, Abstract. The new species Byturus holzschuhi sp. nov. from China: Hunan Province is described, illustrated and compared with known Chinese species. The species Byturus tomentosus (DeGeer, 1774) is recorded for the first time from Lebanon; Haematoides davidis Fairmaire, 1878 is rec...

The species Trinoparvus genieri sp. nov. from Ivory Coast is described, illustrated and compared with similar species, and included in a key. The species Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) sarahae Háva & Coache, 2023 is recorded for the first time from the Ivory Coast. New locality data from Ivory Coast are added for Orphinus (Orphinus) geiseri Háva & Matsumo...

Two new species, Trogoderma korinae Háva & Trýzna sp. nov. and Trogoderma nosybeana Háva & Trýzna sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), are described from Madagascar. Male genitalia are illustrated, and colour photographs of the new species, ecological notes and photographs of the habitat are provided. A list of Dermestidae recorded from...

Megatoma (Pseudohadrotoma) cavani sp. nov., a new dermestid species from Utah, U.S.A. Taxonomy, new species, Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Megatominae, Megatoma, U.S.A. Abstract. A new species, Megatoma (Pseudohadrotoma) cavani sp. nov. from Utah (U.S.A.) is described, illustrated and compared with related species of that genus. The beetles were caught...

Kalikius schawalleri gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species from Kashmir, India Háva, J. 2025: Kalikius schawalleri gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species from Kashmir, India (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae).-Natura Somogyiensis 45: 11-16. Abstract: The species Kalikius schawalleri gen. et sp. nov. from India: Kashmir is described, illu...

Burmostrichus brunneus gen. nov., sp. nov. from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Myanmar) is described, illustrated and compared with the similar genera Elongatus Wang, Lin & Wang, 2024 and Micrapate Casey, 1898. A list of Bostrichidae known from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is added.

Two new species of the genus Cryptorhopalum: C. vegaensis sp. nov. and C. hodeceki sp. nov., are described, illustrated, and compared with morphologically similar species. A comprehensive identification key for all Cryptorhopalum species recorded from the Dominican Republic is also provided.

The species Stenomera assyria Lesne, 1895 (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) was identified as a new pest in pistachio in Turkey. Bionomy is first commented on and illustrated.

The species Euclimacia gerstaeckeri Banks, 1920 is recorded for the first time from Malaysia (Sarawak).

The species Anthrenus (s. str.) serseng sp. nov. from Iraq is described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The new species differs in the structure of the antennae and male genitalia.

The species Litargus (Litargosomus) dumogaboneus sp. nov. and Litargus (Litargosomus) paralatus sp. nov. from Indonesia: Sulawesi, Litargus (Litargosomus) bryanti sp. nov. from Malaysia: Sarawak and Sabah are described, illustrated and compared with similar species.

Two new species, Eulagius brendelli sp. nov. and Eulagius nepalensis sp. nov. both from Nepal are described, illustrated and compared with the similar species within the group.

New geographic records are presented for the following species: Dermestes (Dermestinus) intermedius intermedius Kalík, 1951 (Albania), D. (D.) maculatus DeGeer, 1774 (Australia: Christmas Island), Telopes abbreviatus (Heer, 1856) (Spain, Canary Islands: La Gratiosa Island), Anthrenus (Anthrenus) fosteri Holloway, 2024 (Tunisia), A. (Anthrenodes) sa...

Mycetophagus (Mycetophagoides) ruzickai sp. nov. from Laos is described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The new species differs by the structure of the male genitalia and the elytral colour pattern.

The species Attagenus indrii sp. nov. from Madagascar is described, illustrated and compared with similar and Madagascan species

Trogoderma hucheti sp. nov. from Peru is described, illustrated and compared with other Peruvian species.

The species of the family Byturidae (Coleoptera) recorded from the Himalayas are summarized. The species Byturus tomentosus (DeGeer, 1774) is newly recorded from India: Uttaranchal.

Records of 43 species from „Údolí Únětického potoka Natural Reserve“, „Roztocký háj-Tiché údolí Natural Reserve“ and environs are reported: Coleoptera: Attelabidae (1 species), Bostrichidae (3 species), Buprestidae (1 species), Carabidae (2 species), Cerambycidae (3 species), Chrysomelidae (1 species), Ciidae (1 species), Cleridae (1 species), Cocc...

A new species Mycetophagus (s. str.) lenkae sp. nov. from India: Arunachal Pradesh is described, illustrated and compared with other similar species within the family. Another species, Mycetophagus (Mycetophagoides) alni Champion, 1917 is reported for the first time in India: Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.

The present World Catalogue of the family Bostrichidae (Coleoptera, Bostrichiformia) includes all taxa described up to 31 December 2023 and contains a complete list of subfamilies, tribes, genera, subgenera, species and subspecies, including synonyms. This book also contains detailed distributions for 98 genera and 599 species and subspecies for in...

The following species from Yemen are described, illustrated and compared with similar species: Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) haladai sp. nov., Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) maribensis sp. nov. A list of species recorded from Yemen is added.

Mycetophagus (Ilendus) novaki sp. nov. from Iran is described, illustrated and compared with the similar species M. (Ilendus) multipunctatus Fabricius, 1792. The new species differs by the structure of the male antennae, genitalia and the elytral colour pattern. A list of Mycetophagus recorded from Iran is presented.

The two new species, Litargus (Litargus) votrubai Háva, sp.n. (Cameroon) and L. (Litargus) snizeki Háva, sp.n. (Kenya) are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The following species represent new records: Litargus (Litargus) kolbei Grouvelle, 1914 (Malawi, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda), Litargus (Litargus) conradti Grouvelle, 19...

Anthrenus (Anthrenops) pseudoornatus sp. nov. from Morocco is described, illustrated and compared with similar Moroccan species. The species Anthrenus ornatus Kocher, 1955 stat. nov. is newly reinstated from subspecies Anthrenus bellulus ornatus Kocher, 1955 as a valid species.

The following fifteen new species: Trichodesma assamensis sp. nov. (India); T. bendai sp. nov. (India); T. chumphonica sp. nov. (Thailand); T. horaki sp. nov. (Thailand); T. klarae sp. nov. (India); T. lueeri (Thailand); T. meghalayaensis sp. nov. (India); T. oborili sp. nov. (Thailand); T. petrae sp. nov. (Malaysia); T. pici sp. nov. (Thailand); T...

The species Thaumaglossa oliversum Háva, 2018 is firstly recorded from Malaysia (Sabah) and Dermeanthrenus pretiosus Háva, 2008 is firstly recorded from United Arab Emirates.

Melalgus cretaceus sp. nov. from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described, illustrated and compared with similar species.

The species Anthrenus (Anthrenus) querneri Holloway, 2024 is recorded for the first time from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The species is very similar to the common species Anthrenus (Anthrenus) pimpinellae (Fabricius, 1775) but differs from it by the colour of the elytral patterns and the structure of the male genitalia.

A new species, Orphilus nonus sp. nov. from Turkmenistan is described, illustrated and compared with similar species.

The first extinct Paleogene species of the Anobiinae genus Nicobium LeConte, 1861 is described based on an inclusion in Baltic amber. Two characteristic features distinguishing the extinct species (among other characters present in one combination or another in extant species) are sparse, inconspicuous elytral pubescence and rectangular, sharp post...

A new species Attagenus tibetanus sp. nov. from Tibet is described, illustrated and compared with the similar species A. afghanus Háva, 2000.

A new species Litargus (s. str.) poggii sp. nov. from Nicaragua is described, illustrated and compared with similar species.

Three new species from the Philippines and Thailand: Orphinus (Orphinus) sanluis sp. nov. from Mindanao Island, Philippines, Orphinus (O.) pasil sp. nov. from Luzon Island, Philippines, and Orphinus (O.) kokut sp. nov. from Thailand are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The female of Orphinus (O.) limaensis Háva, 2022 is des...

A new species, Litargus (Litargosomus) majeri sp. nov., belonging to the Litargus jakli species group from the Oriental Region (India: Andaman Isl.), is described, illustrated, and compared with similar species.

Many factors may affect the diversity and abundance of arthropods in their natural habitats including changes in temperature and humidity. Sometimes, large arthropods remain undetected in unsuspected habitats such as bird nests. Here, we explore the effects of an experiment modifying temperature and relative humidity inside the nest of a troglodyte...

The following new species from Australia are described, illustrated and compared with related species: Trogoderma bezarki sp. nov., T. brisbaneum sp. nov., T. daleum sp. nov., T. macropodidum sp. nov, T. menziesum sp. nov., T. perthum sp. nov., T. platypus sp. nov., T. sarcophilum sp. nov., T. vombatum sp. nov, T. walpolenum sp. nov.

Trinodes puetzi Háva & Prokop, 2006 is a new record from Rovno amber. The Eocene distribution of the Trinodes is discussed.

New data for the following Dermestidae species (Coleoptera) are reported: Anthrenus (Anthrenus) valenzuelai Holloway & Herrmann, 2024 (Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, remarks), Attagenus leprieuri (Reitter, 1887) (Jordan), Dermestes (Dermestes) olivieri Lepesme, 1939 (Serbia), Phradonoma cercyonoides (Reitter, 1887) (Iraq), Phradonoma charon Háva & Kadej,...

The new species Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) lincangae sp. nov. from China, Yunnan province and Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) sanggulense sp. nov. from West Sumatra are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. New locality data for the following species are mentioned: Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) hisamatsui Yoshitomi, 2023 (India: Kerala...

The new species Cryptorhopalum tritobagoensis sp. nov. from Trinidad and Tobago is described, illustrated and compared with similar species.

A new species, Anthrenus (Nathrenus) carmodyensis sp. nov. from Australia: Western Australia is described and illustrated. New records and a list of species from Australia are provided.

The species Litargus (Litargosomus) orientalis sp. nov., L. (Litargosomus) thamthanus sp. nov., L. (Litargosomus) seideli sp. nov., L. (Litargosomus) strnadi sp. nov., L. (Litargosomus) tratensis sp. nov. from Thailand and L. (Litargosomus) skalei sp. nov. from Thailand and Laos are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The spec...

A new species, Anthrenus (Nathrenus) sanandajensis sp. nov., collected in Iran: Kordestan Province is described, illustrated and compared with the similar species A. (N.) molitor Aubé, 1850, A. (N.) bulirschi Háva, 2000, A. (N.) paramolitor Herrmann & Háva, 2021 and A. (N.) obenbergeri Háva & Herrmann, 2021. The new species differs by the structure...

Based on a single male specimen recently collected in the Yen Bai province (Vietnam), Allenus anthracinus Háva & Alekseev gen. et sp.n. is described as new for science, being illustrated and compared here with related genera belonging to the subfamily Piseninae within the family Tetratomidae. The new tetratomid genus may be separated from all other...

Abstract. The following species are described: Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) darfurensis sp. nov. (Sudan) and Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) jendeki sp. nov. (Kenya); the new species differ from known Afrotropical species by the structure of the antennae and the male genitalia.

Abstract. The species Litargus (Litargosomus) elegantulus sp. nov. from Indonesia: Sumatra Island and Malaysia: Pahang is described, illustrated and compared with similar species.

A new subfamily Apphianinae of the family Dermestidae (Coleoptera) is described and compared with all known Dermestidae subfamilies. The new subfamily can be identified by the first visible abdominal ventrite, which is divided basally by the hind coxae. Key are provided for adults of the Dermestidae subfamilies.

Abstract. A new species Mycetophagus (Ilendus) konvickai sp. nov. is described and illustrated from China: Sichuan Province. Additionally, it is compared with three eastern Palaearctic congeners. The species Mycetophagus (Ulolendus) antennatus (Reitter, 1879) and Litargus (Litargosomus) japonicus Reitter, 1877 are firstly recorded from China: Sichu...

The new distributional locality data for following species are recorded: Laricobius daliensis Háva

The following new species belonging to the Litargus jakli species group from the Oriental Region are described, illustrated and compared with similar species: Litargus (Litargosomus) philippinensis sp. nov. (Philippines); Litargus (Litargosomus) kalimantanus sp. nov. (Indonesia: Kalimantan).

The following species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) are newly recorded for the mentioned countries: Dermestes (Dermestes) leechi Kalík, 1952 (Turkey); Anthrenus (Anthrenops) coloratus Reitter, 1881 (Cyprus); Anthrenus (Anthrenus) mroczkowskii Kalík, 1954 (Croatia); Telopes tessellatus (Reitter, 1887) (Iraq); Thaumaglossa rufocapillata Redtenbacher, 1...

This paper provides the new distributional data of the ground beetle species Itamus castaneus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (Carabidae: Paussinae: Ozaenini), which is recorded for the first time from the state of West Bengal from an artificial rooftop garden in an urbanised landscape. Morphometric analysis of the specimen has been conducted and the hitherto...

A new species, Orphinus (Orphinus) linki sp. nov., is described, illustrated and compared with other species of that genus occurring in China. Furthermore a list of all Orphinus species recorded from China is provided.

The new following species Trichodesma muehlei sp. nov. (Rwanda); T. kantneri sp. nov. (Zimbabwe); T. bilyi sp. nov. (RSA); T. snizeki sp. nov. (Kenya); T. vinolasi sp. nov. (RSA); T. haladai sp. nov. (RSA); T. murzini sp. nov. (Namibia); T. lackneri sp. nov. (Angola); T. tanzaniana sp. nov. (Tanzania); T. paralisae sp. nov. (Zambia); T. smrzi sp. n...

Thorictus bengalensis Háva & Chakrovorty sp. nov. from West Bengal, India is described, illustrated and compared with similar Indian species. Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini) is the host ant species. The interaction has been studied from an urban rooftop-garden. The species Thorictus wrou...

Orphinus (Orphinus) saotomei sp. nov. from São Tomé and Thaumaglossa bambariensis sp. nov. from Central African Republic are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The new species differs from similar species by the structure of antennae and colour fasciae. The following species are newly recorded: Evorinea iota (Arrow, 1915) (Se...

The species Dermestes (Dermestinus) mustelinus Erichson, 1846, Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758) and Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767) are recorded from the Republic of San Marino for the first time.

The following three new species from Peru are described, illustrated and compared: Litargus (Litargus) junin sp. nov., Litargus (Litargus) hrdlickai sp. nov., Litargus (Litargus) peruanus sp. nov. A list of recorded Litargus species from Peru is included.

The following new species Trogoderma poorknightsum sp. nov., Trogoderma masoni sp. nov., Trogoderma crawi sp. nov. all from New Zealand are described, illustrated and compared with related species.

A unique ant-mimicking behaviour has been observed in the rove beetle genus Naddia sp. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini: Staphylinina) from the campus of the University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India. The individual has been observed to undergo imperfect Batesian mimicry by mimicking ants of the genus Pseudone...

A new species, Poinarinius coziki Háva et Le-galov sp.n., described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, is illustrated and compared with similar species. This species is closed to P. burmaensis Legalov, 2018 but differs in the longitudinal lobe on the elytron sides with three blunt teeth. It is distinguishable from the other Poinarinius Legalov, 201...

A new species Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) bezarki sp. nov. from the Philippines is described, illustrated and compared with a similar species, Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) lentum Oehme-Leonhardt, 1954.

The species Tremex yenbaiensis sp. nov. from Vietnam is described, illustrated and compared with Tremex longicollis Konow, 1896.

Two new species, Eulagius holzschuhi sp. nov. and Mycetophagus (Mycetoxides) mazandaranicus sp. nov. both from Iran are described, illustrated and compared with the similar species.

The following new species from Iran is described: Anthrenus (Anthrenops) kadleci sp. nov. New records for the following species are provided: Anthrenus

Based on a well-preserved inclusion in Eocene Baltic amber (Kaliningrad region), Eocenobius praestigitator gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated as new to science. A key to species of the subfamily Ernobiinae of Baltic amber (10 species in 5 genera) is provided.

Based on a well-preserved specimen in Eocene Baltic amber, a new species Globicornis samlandensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) is described and illustrated. The new fossil species differs from extinct congeners in having antennomere 10 short and subtriangular with a rounded apex, and about as long as wide; while the pronotum and elytra are un...

Records of 22 species from "Údolí Únětického potoka Natural Reserve", "Roztocký háj-Tiché údolí Natural Reserve" and environs are reported: Coleoptera: Bostrichidae (1 species), Buprestidae (1 species), Carabidae (1 species), Chrysomelidae (1 species), Ciidae (2 species), Coccinellidae (1 species), Cryptophagidae (1 species), Curculionidae (1 speci...

Three species of Cretaceous bivalves, two unidentified and Pycnodonte vesicu-laris (Lamarck, 1806), one species of gastropoda, one species of Sabellida, Dorsoserpula cf. conjuncta (Geinitz, 1843) and one species of echinoidea, Pygaster cf. truncatus Agassiz, 1840 were recently recorded from Únětice near Prague.

The following paper presents the faunistic study on the Coleoptera of Iran. In total, 41 species in 13 families were collected and identified: Aderidae (1 species), Carabidae (3 spp.), Drilidae (1 sp.), Eucnemidae (5 spp.), Geotrupidae (3 spp.), Glaresidae (1 sp.), Melandryidae (3 spp.), Mycetophagidae (4 spp.), Scarabaeidae (9 spp.), Scraptiidae (...

The new species Anthrenus (Nathrenus) franki sp. nov. from Iran is described, illustrated and compared with related species.

The new species Cryptorhopalum sincerum sp. nov. from French Guiana is described, illustrated and compared with the similar species Cryptorhopalum impressum (Pic, 1936)

A new species Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) sarawakense sp. nov. from the Sarawak (Malaysia) is described, illustrated and compared with a similar species

Abstract. The new species Sodaliatoma schoenfeldi sp. nov. from Peru is described, illustrated and compared with related species.

The genus Nothattagenus Li, Cai, 2022, syn.n. is synonymized with Ranolus Blair, 1929 because the type species of the genus, Attagenus burmiticus Cai, Háva, Huang, 2017, is newly transferred to the genus Ranolus burmiticus (Cai, Háva, Huang, 2017) comb.n.

The subgenera Arnoldiellus Nikitsky, 1989 and Paramycetophagus Nikitsky, 2007 are elevated to genus resulting in the following new combinations: Arnoldiellus tschitscherini (Reitter, 1897), Paramycetophagus nepalensis (Háva, 2019) and Paramycetophagus sulcicollis (Champion, 1917).

The species Attagenus coziki sp. nov. from Burmese amber and Ranolus hrdlickai sp. nov. from Baltic amber are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The second known specimen of Trogoderma larvalis Háva, Prokop & Herrmann, 2006 from Baltic amber is illustrated. The species Attagenus gedanicissimus Bukejs, Háva & Alekseev, 2020 is...

The species Nicobium cretaceum sp. nov. from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described, illustrated and compared with similar species.

Poinarinius decimus sp. nov. from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described, illustrated and compared with similar species. The new species differs from other Poinarinius species in the one broad longitudinal lobe on each elytron.

The following species are recorded:

The species Holoparamecus (Blumenus) hoffeinsorum Reike & Alekseev in Reike, Alekseev, Gröhn, Artl & Manke, 2020 is newly recorded from Baltic amber, Poland.

The two new species Litargus (Litargus) annettae sp. nov. and Litargus (Litargus) jacquesi sp. nov. from Benin are described, illustrated and compared with related species.

The two new species Litargus (Litargus) annettae sp. nov. and Litargus (Litargus) jacquesi sp. nov. from Benin are described, illustrated and compared with related species.

The paper presents new data on the occurrence in Czech Republic of a very rare species of horntail Tremex magus (Fabricius, 1787).

The species Anthrenus (Florilinus) malayanus sp. nov. from Malaysia is described, illustrated and compared with a similar species. The new species differs by the structure of the antennae and male genitalia.

The species Thorictus pelikani sp. nov. from Sultanate of Oman is dewcribed, illustrated and compared. List of Thorictus species from the Arabian Peninsula is added.