Anthrenus fuscus Olivier, 1789

Webster, Reginald P., Sweeney, Jon D., DeMerchant, Ian & Turgeon, Martin, 2012, New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Dermestidae, Endecatomidae, Bostrichidae, and Ptinidae, ZooKeys 179, pp. 127-139 : 129

Anthrenus fuscus Olivier, 1789 Map 1

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Madawaska Co., St.-Basile, 7.V.1999, M. Turgeon (1, MTC). Westmorland Co., Smith Brook, 21.VII.1995, M. Turgeon (1, MTC).

Collection and habitat data.

This adventive Palaearctic species is a minor pest in flour mills, warehouses, and homes ( Bousquet 1990) and has been reported from bird and wasp nests, and under bark in natural conditions ( Woodroffe and Southgate 1954). Specimens from New Brunswick were collected during May and July, otherwise no other collection data was provided.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

ON, QC, NB, NS, PE ( Bousquet 1991a; Majka 2007).

Figures

. Map 1. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Anthrenus fuscus