Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939)

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 16

Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939)

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Halifax , 7.v.1981, 13.v.1981, 21.v.1981, 15.vi.1981, 1.v.1983, and 24.v.1983, B. Wright, (25), NSMC ; Halifax , 14.i.1991, R. Grantham, (2), NSMC ; Lake Egmont , 20.vi.1990, E. Parker, NSMC . PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown , 4.vii.1986, 1.viii.2000, and summer 1998, M.E.M. Smith, (7), ACPE ; Charlottetown , 1.vii.1986, L.S. Thompson, ACPE .

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia ( Fig. 3 ). Found in the northern states in the USA ( Beal 2003); in Canada recorded across the country from British Columbia and the Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland. A minor pest of insect and plant collections, occasionally found in granaries and dwellings ( Bousquet 1990). In natural circumstances it is a scavenger of dead insects and spiders in wasp nests ( Beal 1967).

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus), Attagenus unicolor japonicus Reitter, Attagenus u. unicolor (Brahm), Reesa vespulae (Milliron), and Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.