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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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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