Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 130

Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius, 1775) Map 4

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Albert Co., Riverview Heights, (no day).VIII.1971, (no collector given) ex. carved wood statue and basket (2, AFC).

Collection and habitat data.

This adventive species is often found in warehouses and places where bamboo products are stored ( Bousquet 1990). Adult specimens from New Brunswick emerged from a carved wood statue and basket. This species develops in bamboo in the tropics but can be found in dried food products in North America ( Spillman 1982). It is not clear if this species is established in New Brunswick.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

BC, SK, MB, ON, NB,PE ( Bousquet 1990; Majka 2007).

Figures

. Map 4. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Dinoderus minutus.