Coleopterosis

Larvae of Tenebrio molitor .

Coleopterosis ( lat. Coleopterosis ) - diseases caused by beetles ^[1] .

Pathogens - Coleoptera ( Coleoptera ) - are widespread in nature, including settle in human dwellings.

Synanthropic beetles can cause allergies , crawl into the ears (see Live foreign bodies ).

Tenebrio molitor larvae of flour flour , which develop in food products, can cause cantariasis , which is characterized by anorexia, vomiting and colic, without diarrhea, if it enters the human intestines. In excrement, live larvae of Tenebrio molitor were found ^{[2] [3]} .

Some species of lamellar beetles of the genus Onthophagus , for example, Onthophagus bifasciatus , can crawl through the anus into the human intestines, causing scarabiasis characterized by diarrhea ^[4] .

There are rare cases of emergence from a person with urine of insects similar to flies, but identified as staphylinids ^{[5] [6] [7]} .

Some beetles are poisonous, and when they come into contact with humans, they cause poisoning - coleopterism : for example, pederus-dermatitis , Nairobi dermatitis and dermatitis of carabid beetles - cause the Paederus beetles of the Staphylinidae family ^[8] .

Beetles are also intermediate hosts of some helminths , for example, human gongilonematosis, human and pig macrocanthorhinosis ^[9] , spirocercosis of dogs ^[10] , etc.

Among beetles there are parasites of commercial mammals: Platypsyllus castoris parasitizes on beavers, and Silphopsylla desmanae parasites ^[11] . Beetles can also parasitize in pigeons: beetle larvae drill the skin of pigeons, which leads to their death. The dead doves find holes on the head, chest, stomach ^[12] .

Also, beetles are pests (parasites) of agricultural plants, for example, the Colorado potato beetle .