Explanation of Names
Corticaria serrata (Paykull 1798)
Identification
10-12 large tooth-like serrations along the entire lateral pronotal margin separates it from other described Corticaria of NA
tempora very short, pronotum moderately transverse with fairly deep round basal fovea, color dull reddish brown to piceorufous, appendages somewhat paler
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive in the New World
(1) and now widespread in NA (across Canada south to FL-IN-NE-CA)
(1) [treated as non-native in Europe in
(2)]
Habitat
stored products, incl. grain; mouldy plant debris in stables and outdoors; reared from dead conifer wood; on fungi
(1)Remarks
earliest record in our area: before 1825
(1)