Cryptolestes ferrugineus

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 EDWA...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Majka, Christopher G.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Laemophloeidae
Cryptolestes
Cryptolestes ferrugineus
Canada
Charlottetown
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/3793144
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793144
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Summary: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

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