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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Thanerocleridae » Thaneroclerus » Thaneroclerus buquet

Species Thaneroclerus buquet

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Thaneroclerus buquet Thaneroclerus buquet (Lefebvre) - Thaneroclerus buquet Thaneroclerus buquet (Lefebvre) - Thaneroclerus buquet
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Thanerocleridae
Genus Thaneroclerus
Species buquet (Thaneroclerus buquet)
Explanation of Names
Thaneroclerus buquet (Lefèbvre 1835)
Size
4.7–6.5 mm(1)(2)
Range
native to India(3), now cosmopolitan; in our area, recorded in FL, CA, NY, ?OH (mostly interceptions); established in Cuba(2)
Habitat
associated with stored food (spices, coffee, tea, rice), drugs and tobacco(2)(1)
Food
insects infesting stored products, esp. beetles(2)
Remarks
recorded from port shipments since the 20's (Weston Opitz, pers.comm. to =v= 13.iii.2014)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.
3.Coleoptera, Beetles; Morphology and Systematics vol. 2
Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence. 2010. De Gruyter.
Contributed by v belov on 5 February, 2014 - 9:48am
Last updated 7 February, 2015 - 11:08pm

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