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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Spider Beetles (Ptininae) » Ptinini » Pseudeurostus » Pseudeurostus hilleri

Species Pseudeurostus hilleri

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
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(1)
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(2)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: QC 1936(3)
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

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