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Species Cryptolestes ferrugineus - Rusty Grain Beetle

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Laemophloeidae (Lined Flat Bark Beetles)
Genus Cryptolestes
Species ferrugineus (Rusty Grain Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens, 1831)
Range
cosmopolitan, of Palaearctic origin; across NA(1) (possibly non-native in Europe(2))
Habitat
mainly in granaries/elevators/mills(1)(3), under bark(2)
Food
serious pest of stored grain(1)
Works Cited
1.Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide
Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.
2.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.
3.The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada
C.G. Majka. 2008. ZooKeys 2: 221-238.
Contributed by v belov on 31 December, 2010 - 9:02pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, mfdigiro
Last updated 23 April, 2021 - 1:49pm

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