The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
Author
Majka, Christopher G.
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-09-03
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1573.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1
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Ptinus bicinctus
Sturm, 1837
NOVA SCOTIA
:
Annapolis Co.
:
Middleton
,
3.vi.1915
,
F.C. Gilliatt
,
ACNS
;
Colchester Co.
:
Balmoral Mills
,
19.vi.1974
,
B. Wright
, (2),
NSMC
;
Kings Co.
:
Canning
,
7.ix.1994
,
J. Ogden
,
JOC
;
Lunenburg Co.:
Blockhouse
,
4.v.1938
,
H.E. Gray
, (2),
CNC
;
Lunenburg
,
4.v.1938
,
H.E. Gray
,
CNC
;
Richmond Co.
:
Cannes
,
6.iv.1936
,
R.J. Boyd
, (6),
CNC
.
An
introduced species established in
Nova Scotia
(
Fig. 9
).
The
specimen collected in
1915 in
Middleton
,
Nova Scotia
is noteworthy, since this would appear to be the earliest record of this species in
North America. The
earliest previous records are specimens from
Medicine Hat
,
Alberta
,
Canada
(
9.iv.1923
,
F.S. Carr
, (2),
CNC
) reported by Brown (1940). Found throughout Europe and
North Africa. Feeds
on dried stored products; occasionally found in warehouses and dwellings (
Bousquet 1990
)
.