Cryptolestes ferrugineus

• Main Author: Majka, Christopher G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Laemophloeidae; Cryptolestes; Cryptolestes ferrugineus; Canada; Charlottetown; Newfoundland; Alaska; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793143; https://zenodo.org/record/3793143

Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens, 1831) NOVA SCOTIA: Colchester Co.: Truro, 15.II.1973, G. Townsend, (4, NSAC); Halifax Co.: Halifax, 4.XII.1989, (1, NSMC); Halifax, 1.XII.1999, R. White, grain elevators, (6, NSMC); locality not recorded, 27.VI.1973, collector not recorded, (25, NSAC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown, 16.IV.1985, J. Lund, in barley, (2, ACPE); Charlottetown, VIII.1992, J.G. Stewart, grain bin, (3, ACPE). Cryptolestes ferrugineus is newly recorded in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. It was reported from Newfoundland by Bousquet (1991). Th is cosmopolitan species is a serious pest of stored grain in Canada where it is found mainly in granaries, grain elevators, and mills (Bousquet 1990). : Published as part of Majka, Christopher G., 2008, The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada, pp. 221-238 in ZooKeys 2 (2) on page 229, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.2.14, http://zenodo.org/record/576402 : {"references": ["Bousquet Y (1991) Family Cucujidae: flat bark beetles. In: Bousquet Y (Ed) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E: 219 - 220.", "Bousquet Y (1990) Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: an identification guide. Agriculture Canada Publication 1837: 1 - 215"]}