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 1 1 38 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1573.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1 1175­5334 5096635 FC4FD3BC-9297-49A3-9C91-FE272021F682 Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius, 1792) NEW BRUNSWICK : Albert Co. : Mary's Point , 13.i.2003 , D.S. Christie , in house, (2), CGMC ; York Co. : Fredericton , 26.ix.1987 , N. Albert , UMNB . NOVA SCOTIA : 22 specimens examined from Cumberland , Colchester , Guysborough , Halifax , Lunenburg , and Annapolis counties ( Table 1 ). The earliest record is from 1929 ( Annapolis Co. : Annapolis Royal , 9.viii.1929 , F.C. Gilliatt , (2), ACNS ) . PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND : Queens Co. : Charlottetown , 30.x.1985 , L.S. Thompson , (2), ACPE ; Charlottetown , 28.vii.1987 , M.E.M. Smith , (6), ACPE . Newly recorded in New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , Prince Edward Island , and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 13 ). Cosmopolitan, particularly in tropical and semi-tropical regions; in Canada recorded from Alberta , Manitoba , Ontario , and Québec ( McNamara 1991c ). A pest of stored tobacco products, it also occurs in dwellings and stores where it feeds on a wide variety of foods and drugs and is known to attack insect and plant collections ( Bousquet 1990 ). White (1975) suggested that thistles were the ancestral host plant of the species.