The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
Author
Majka, Christopher G.
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Zootaxa
2007
2007-09-03
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1573.1.1
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10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1
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Attagenus pellio
(Linnaeus, 1758)
NEW BRUNSWICK
:
Albert Co.
:
Mary's Point
,
27.vii.2003
,
D.S. Christie
,
CGMC
.
NOVA SCOTIA
:
30 specimens
examined from
Annapolis
,
Halifax
,
Inverness
,
Kings
, and
Lunenburg
counties (
Table 1
).
The
earliest record is from 1930 (
Annapolis Co.
:
Annapolis Royal,
10.v.1930
,
F.C. Gilliatt
, in house,
ACNS
)
.
An introduced Palearctic species, newly recorded in New Brunswick (
Fig. 3
). In the
USA
recorded from
Kentucky
,
Massachusetts
,
Maine
,
New Hampshire
, and
Rhode Island
(
Beal 2003
,
Chandler 2001
,
Sikes 2004
); in
Canada
recorded
British Columbia
,
Ontario
,
Québec
, and
Nova Scotia
(
Bousquet 1990
). A household pest found on wool, furs, skins, and other materials of animal origin; also found in warehouses and museum collections feeding on insect remains (
Bousquet 1990
).