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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Anthrenus fuscus
Olivier, 1789
NOVA SCOTIA
:
27 specimens
examined from
Colchester
,
Pictou
,
Guysborough
,
Halifax
,
Yarmouth
,
Kings
, and
Hants
counties (
Table 1
).
The
earliest records are from 1961 (
Kings Co.
:
Kentville
,
20.iv.1961
,
D.H. Webster
,
DHWC
;
Kentville
,
29.viii.1961
,
H.T. Stultz
, (2),
ACNS
)
.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
:
Prince Co.
:
Alberton
, summer 1993,
M.E.M. Smith
,
ACPE
:
Queens Co.
:
Charlottetown
, summer 1993,
M.E.M. Smith
,
ACPE
.
An introduced Palearctic species, newly recorded on Prince Edward Island (
Fig. 5
). Scattered records from various states in the
USA
(
Beal 2003
); in
Canada
recorded from
Ontario
,
Québec
, and
Nova Scotia
(Bousquet 1991).
A minor
pest flour mills, warehouses, and dwellings (
Bousquet 1990
). In natural conditions found bird and wasp nests, under the bark of trees, and around spider webs (
Woodroffe and Southgate 1954
).