Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky 1978

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 re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Majka, Christopher G.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae
Thylodrias
Thylodrias contractus
Northwest Territories
Canada
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5096563
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5096563
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Summary: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

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