Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky 1978

• Main Author: Majka, Christopher G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Dermestidae; Thylodrias; Thylodrias contractus; Canada; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5096562; https://zenodo.org/record/5096562

Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky, 1839 NOVA SCOTIA: Kings Co.: Kentville, 10.vii.1978, H.B. Specht, at light in residence, ACNS. An introduced Palearctic species, newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole (Fig. 3). Widely distributed in the USA (Beal 2003); in Canada recorded from the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Québec (Bousquet 1991). A synanthropic species associated with dried stored products and a pest in museums and insect collections. (Mertins 1981). : Published as part of Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), pp. 1-38 in Zootaxa 1573 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5096635 : {"references": ["Beal, R. S., Jr. (2003) Annotated checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with revised key to the genera. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 57 (4), 391 - 404.", "Mertins, J. W. (1981) Life history and morphology of the odd beetle, Thylodrias contractus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 74, 576 - 581."]}