The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
Author
Majka, Christopher G.
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-09-03
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1573.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1
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Anthrenus museorum
(Linnaeus, 1761)
NOVA SCOTIA
:
Colchester Co.
:
Debert
,
13.v.1996
,
J. Ogden
,
JOC
.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
:
Queens Co.
:
Brackley
,
9.vii.1983
,
M.E.M. Smith
,
ACPE
;
Charlottetown
,
16.ii.1996
and
11.iv.1997
,
M.E.M. Smith
, (2),
ACPE
;
Cornwall
, summer 1998,
M.E.M. Smith
, (3),
ACPE
.
An introduced Palearctic species, newly recorded in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the Maritime Provinces as a whole (
Fig. 4
). In the
USA
recorded from
Connecticut
,
Massachusetts
, and
Wisconsin
(
Beal 2003
); in
Canada
known from
Ontario
,
Québec
, and Newfoundland (Bousquet 1991). A household pest; larvae are found on wool, fur, skins, and other animal products; also on museum specimens and insect collections. Like other species in the genus, adults feed on nectar and pollen, mate in the field, and fly indoors to oviposit (
Bousquet 1990
).