Neobvyklý nález zlatohlávka v rakvi biskupa Františka Petra Krejčího (1796–1870)
| Pages | 167-172 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/jnmpnhs.2020.010 |
| Type of Article | Report |
| Citation | VONDRÁČEK, Dominik a CVRČEK, Jan. Neobvyklý nález zlatohlávka v rakvi biskupa Františka Petra Krejčího (1796–1870). Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series. Prague: National Museum, 2020, 189(1), 167-172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/jnmpnhs.2020.010. ISSN 1802-6842 (print), 1802-6850 (electronic). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/jotnmpnhs/189-1/neobvykly-nalez-zlatohlavka-v-rakvi-biskupa-frantiska-petra-krejciho-17961870 |
Exhumation of human remains during miscellaneous research is a common procedure used by anthropologists, including those from National Museum in Prague. Insect remnants, especially puparia of Diptera, are regularly found in cadavers extracted from coffins or tombs, but an unusual find was made during the examination of the remains of bishop František Petr Krejčí (1796–1870), buried in Turnov (Czech Republic). In his coffin, a flower chafer was found under several layers of his preserved clothes, between the right scapula and ribs. The specimen was cleaned and later determine to be a Marbled Rose Chafer (Proteatia marmorata), which is an ordinary species not only in the Czech Republic, but all over Europe as well. Based on the bionomy of this species and bishop’s biography, we concluded that the specimen got inside just before closing of the coffin and died there. Only one other species resembles the Marbled Rose Chafer, but it is endemic to areas in central China. That is Protaetia thibetana, which is still quite rare and very uncommon in entomological collections.
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