Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Zahradník, Petr & Demetriou, Jakovos, 2023, A review of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) of Cyprus, including new faunistic records and the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 243-265 : 249

Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Zahradník 2007a: 343; Hagstrum & Subramanyam 2009: 171; Zahradník 2016b: 98.

Distribution. P: AB AG AU AZ BE CH CI CR CY i CZ DE EG EN FI FR GB GE GG GR HU ID IN IR IS IT JA JO KI KZ KU LA LB LT MA MC MD MG MO MR NL NP NR PL PT RO RU SB SK SP SL SV SZ TM TR TU UK A: AS CO FJ HI MI NA NZ PW E: BW CG CV EH EQ IV KY MB MT MU NX RI SF SG SU SVH SWA SYC UG ZA I: BG CX IA ID PH SIG TH N: CN MX US Nt: AY BR BZ CB CL GL GN GT JC MX PE PR VE. Cosmopolitan (White 1982; Zahradník 2007a, 2016b; Hagstrum & Subramanyam 2009), originally most likely native to the Mediterranean—Egypt, Near and Middle East (Levinson & Levinson 1985).

Alien status. Considered “cryptogenic” (i.e., of unknown origin), possibly introduced to Cyprus (Denux & Zagatti 2010).

Material examined. Larnaca prov., Agioi Vavatsinias , 30.vi.-1.v.2012, 1 spec., lgt. W. Apfel, coll. NKME; Larnaca prov., Skarinou , 29.-31.v.1993, 1 spec., lgt. J. Plecháč, coll. PCJPL; Larnaca prov., Vavatsinia , 22.-24.iv.2014, 1 spec., lgt. J. Pelikán, coll. PCJPE; Paphos prov., Pomos dam env. 3.7 km SE of Pomos, Pinetum-beating of bushes at night, 150 m a. s. l., 35°08‘18‘‘ N, 32°34‘42‘‘ E, 28. v. 2017, 1 spec., lgt. M. Mantič, coll. PCMM.