Oryzaephilus mercator

• Main Author: Majka, Christopher G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Silvanidae; Oryzaephilus; Oryzaephilus mercator; Canada; Charlottetown; Newfoundland; Alaska; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793157; https://zenodo.org/record/3793157

Oryzaephilus mercator (Fauvel, 1889) PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown, 23.IV.1985, L.S. Th ompson, in house, (3, ACPE). Oryzaephilus mercator is newly recorded in Prince Edward Island. It was reported from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and insular Newfoundland by Bousquet (1991). This cosmopolitan species is one of the most common household pests in Canada. Adults and larvae feed primarily on cereal products, particularly oatmeal, bran, shelled sunflower seeds, rolled oats, and brown rice (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 226, 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"]}