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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Pseudeurostus hilleri
Species
Pseudeurostus hilleri
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Bostrichoidea
Family
Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily
Ptininae (Spider Beetles)
Tribe
Ptinini
Genus
Pseudeurostus
Species
hilleri
(Pseudeurostus hilleri)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eurostus hilleri
Explanation of Names
Pseudeurostus hilleri
(Reitter 1877)
Identification
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Range
Japan, introduced in NA (1921) and England (ca. 1940). In Canada the species has been reported from NB to BC
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1
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Habitat
all specimens collected in Canada have been found in warehouses. reported in feed mills in Wisconsin
(
1
)
; often found with rat and mouse droppings
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2
)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: QC 1936
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3
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Works Cited
1.
Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide
Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.
2.
Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
3.
The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.
Contributed by
v belov
on 26 December, 2013 - 2:32am