Cryptolestes turcicus (Grouvelle, 1876)

Majka, Christopher G., 2008, The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 221-238 : 229-230

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.2.14
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793148
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038387DE-D151-B463-FF68-56278CC9E165
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cryptolestes turcicus (Grouvelle, 1876)
status

Treatment

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Dartmouth , 25.XI.1986, D.S. Davies, (17, NSMC) ; Halifax , 15.IX.2004, K. Batherson, flour warehouse, (5, NSMC) .

Cryptolestes turcicus is newly recorded in Atlantic Canada. Th is cosmopolitan species is found in feed and flour mills, grain elevators, and warehouses where it feeds on fungi growing on damaged grains ( Bousquet 1990).