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<mods:affiliationid="AF05077870F81F0CB26A4336DB033E0D">“ Grigore Antipa ” National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff Road no. 1, 011341 Bucharest, Romania & University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Splaiul Independenței 91 - 95, Bucharest, R- 050095, Romania</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="DF1E316B10ED0B486ABE8E891227E8D0">Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research on the Marine Environment and Marine Terrestrial Atmosphere, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Prof. Dr. Ioan Borcea Marine Biological Station, Nicolae Titulescu str. no. 163, Agigea, Constanţa, Romania & Doctoral School of Biology, Faculty of Biology, “ Alexandru Ioan Cuza ” University of IaȘi, Carol I Avenue, 20 A, 700505 IaȘi, Romania</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="C470856D7FAECE39FB932C3822E9078E">Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy</mods:affiliation>
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, described in 1880 from specimens collected in Calcutta (
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), currently recorded in 6 continents (Europe, Africa, North
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, South
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beetles in general shape and feeding habits but is pale yellow, slightly shorter, and slenderer, with the head protruding well beyond the eyes (Badaw 1972).
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) living in open rather than stored products and develops in rotten wood or under bark (
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). It is a secondary pest of cereals and oilseeds and was first recorded from