A fur carpet beetle (attagenus pellio) – one of the signs of ecological problem in housing

Tyumen State University Herald. Natural Resource Use and Ecology

Release:

Bulletin of Tyumen State University. Medico-Biological Sciences (№6). 2012

Title:

A fur carpet beetle (attagenus pellio) – one of the signs of ecological problem in housing

Authors: Natalya A. Hrushcheva, Svetlana N. Rusak, Yuriy E. Rusak

About the authors:

Natalya A. Hrushcheva, postgraduate student, Medical Institute, Surgut State University
Svetlana N. Rusak, Cand. biol. Sci., associate professor, Department of Ecology, Surgut State University
Yuriy E. Rusak, Dr. Med. Sci., professor, Medical Institute, Surgut State University

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Abstract:

The results of studying the species composition of representatives of the invertebrates in the house dust of Surgut residential area are provided. It was revealed a significant amount (about 40% of cases) of beetles Coleoptera — fur carpet Beetles (Attagenus pellio). Found a clear correlation in the presence of carpet beetle and the people complaints on the skin itching and rash in Surgut residential area.

Keywords:

Indoors factors; house dust; fur carpet beetle; skin itching

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