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 unicolor japonicus
Reitter, 1877
NEW BRUNSWICK
:
Gloucester Co.
:
Caraquet
,
23.vii.2001
,
G. Gallant
,
UMNB
;
Kings Co.
:
Long Reach
,
19.vii.1971
,
Mrs. Tilley
,
UMNB
;
Madawaska Co.
:
Edmundston
,
8.v.1977
,
E. Ouellette
,
UMNB
;
Saint John Co.
:
Saint John
,
7.vi.1901
,
W. McIntosh
,
NBM
.
NOVA SCOTIA
:
91 specimens
examined from
Colchester
,
Inverness
,
Cape
Breton
,
Halifax
,
Queens
,
Shelburne
,
Annapolis
,
Kings
, and
Hants
counties (
Table 1
).
The
earliest record is from 1950 (
Colchester Co.
:
Truro
,
25.i.1950
,
M.E. Neary
,
NSAC
)
.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
:
Prince Co.
:
Summerside
,
9.vii.1985
,
L.S. Thompson
,
ACPE
;
Queens Co.
:
Charlottetown
, 1985,
L.S. Thompson
,
ACPE
;
Charlottetown
,
8.vii.1960
,
F.M. Cannon
,
ACPE
, locality not recorded, 1993, collector not recorded, (2), ACPE.
An introduced Palearctic beetle, newly recorded in
New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia (
Fig. 3
). In the
USA
found from
Nevada
and
Idaho
east to
Michigan
(
Beal 2003
); in
Canada
recorded from
British Columbia
east to Newfoundland (Bousquet 1991). The specimen collected in
1901 in
New Brunswick
is noteworthy, since it appears to be the earliest museum specimen of this species collected in North America.
Bain (1999)
, however. has found it in latrine deposits in
Québec
that date from ~ 1860 indicating an earlier introduction. Larvae feed on wool, fur, skins, feathers, and other materials of animal origin; also found in grain elevators, flour and feed mills, and attacking museum specimens, and insect collections. Adults feed on nectar and pollen. In natural conditions found in bird, mammal, and wasp nests (
Bousquet 1990
).