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Species Lophocateres pusillus - Siamese Grain Beetle

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cleroidea (Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Family Trogossitidae (Bark-gnawing Beetles)

Subfamily Peltinae

Tribe Lophocaterini

Genus Lophocateres

Species pusillus (Siamese Grain Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Lophocateres pusillus (Klug 1832)

Size

2.6–3.2 mm(1)

Identification

dorsal habitus

Range

native to Asia(2), currently pantropical(3); adventive in NA (se. US, SC-FL-TX)(4)

Food

attacks a variety of legumes, rice and rice products, cereals, cocoa beans, coffee beans, nutmeg, cassava, sweet potatoes, and dried fruits(1)

Internet References

Fact sheet(5)

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

2.	Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae -- Chapter 8.5 Denux O., Zagatti P. 2010. BioRisk 4: 315–406.

3.	Insect and Mite Pests in Food, an Illustrated Key J. Richard Gorham, editor. 1991. United States Department of Agriculture Handbook 655.

4.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

5.	PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity

Contributed by v belov on 19 September, 2011 - 11:53am
Last updated 7 December, 2012 - 9:59am

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