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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Ptinus fur
(Linnaeus, 1758)
NEW BRUNSWICK
:
Albert Co.
:
Mary's Pt.
,
24.xii.2001
,
C.G. Majka
, in attic,
CGMC
;
Mary's Pt.
,
15.xi.2005
,
D.S. Christie
, in house,
CGMC
;
Saint John Co.
:
Saint John
,
1.v.1902
,
W. McIntosh
,
NBM
;
York
Co.
:
Fredericton
,
14.x.1987
,
N. Albert
,
UMNB
.
NOVA SCOTIA
:
80 specimens
examined from
Cumberland
,
Colchester
,
Pictou
,
Cape
Breton
,
Richmond
,
Halifax
,
Lunenburg
,
Shelburne
, and
Kings
counties as well as
Sable Island
(
Table 1
).
The
earliest record is from 1922 (
Colchester Co.
:
Truro
,
23.vii.1922
, (7),
NSAC
)
.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
:
Prince Co.
:
Summerside
,
23.vi.1977
,
L.S. Thompson
,
ACPE
;
Queens Co.
:
Charlottetown
,
11.ii.1982
,
L.S. Thompson
,
ACPE
;
Charlottetown
,
11.xii.1995
,
M.E.M. Smith
,
ACPE
;
St. Patricks
,
27.vi.2003
,
C.G. Majka
, in cabin,
CGMC
;
Mount Herbert
,
18.ix.1924
,
J.R. Mutch
,
JRMC
.
An introduced species, established in the region. Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island. Reported from Europe, North Africa, Asia, North America, and
New Zealand
. In
Canada
recorded from
British Columbia
east to Newfoundland (
Bousquet 1990
). Feeds on dried stored products; found in warehouses, dwellings, museums, granaries, and grain elevators (
Bousquet 1990
). In Europe sometimes found in bees' and wasps' nests (
Howe and Burges 1951
). Found in Newfoundland as early as ~ 1620-70 (
Prévost & Bain 2006
).