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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Xyletininae » Lasiodermini » Lasioderma » Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)

Species Lasioderma serricorne - Cigarette Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Xyletininae

Tribe Lasiodermini

Genus Lasioderma

Species serricorne (Cigarette Beetle)

Other Common Names

Tobacco Beetle

Explanation of Names

Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius 1792)

Size

1.5-3 mm

Identification

Following combination will separate L. serricorne from other species of the genus: Body entirely reddish, hairs on pronotum recumbent, not distinctly parted in middle, elytra with some hairs longer and more erect, anterior tibiae widened to the end.

Range

Cosmopolitan but characteristically more subtropical/tropical than temperate(1); probably originates from Africa

Habitat

warehouses and homes

Food

Dry plant matter of any sort, including spices and tobacco

Remarks

Earliest record in our area: USA 1886(2)

Considered a serious pest of stored tobacco.

See Also

Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum), a superficially common storage pest, has 3 apical antennomeres enlarged and striate elytra

Internet References

Fact sheets: Cabrera (2007)[Cite:185010] | Lyon (1997)(3) | |

Works Cited

1.	Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.

2.	The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia) C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.

3.	Ohio State University Extension fact sheets

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 21 February, 2006 - 2:39pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Boris Bueche, v belov, John Pearson
Last updated 17 March, 2015 - 7:39pm

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