The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
Author
Majka, Christopher G.
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-09-03
1573
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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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Dinoderus minutus
(Fabricius, 1775)
NOVA SCOTIA
:
Halifax Co.
:
Halifax
,
2.xi.1988
,
B. Wright
, in apartment, (15),
NSMC
.
An adventive species; possibly established in the region. Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole (
Fig. 7
). Cosmopolitan; possibly established in five states in the
USA
(
Spillman 1982
). In
Canada
reported from
Ontario
to
British Columbia
where it has been found in warehouses and places where bamboo products are stored (
Bousquet 1990
). Naturally breeds in dead bamboo in the tropics but also found in dried stored food in North America (
Spillman 1982
).