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Lyctus brunneus

Description

Lyctus brunneus (Stephens, 1830)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Gloucester Co.: Bathurst, 27.xii.1984, CNC; Westmoreland Co.: 25.ix.1984, CNC. NOVA SCOTIA: 63 specimens examined from Colchester, Pictou, Cape Breton, Halifax, Lunenburg, and Kings counties (Table 1). The earliest record is from 1976 (Halifax Co.: Halifax, 1.iv.1976, T. Fowler, NSMC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown, 7.vii.1983, L.S. Thompson, (2), ACPE.

An established, adventive species. Newly recorded in Prince Edward Island. Cosmopolitan; scattered records in many parts of the USA (Downie and Arnett 1996); in Canada recorded from British Columbia, Québec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia (McNamara 1991b). Larvae and adults live in recently dried wood, lumber, furniture, crating, hardwood floors, and other wood products (McNamara 1991b).

Notes

Published as part of Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), pp. 1-38 in Zootaxa 1573 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5096635

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ACPE , CNC , NSMC
Event date
1976-04-01 , 1983-07-07 , 1984-09-25 , 1984-12-27
Family
Bostrichidae
Genus
Lyctus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stephens
Species
brunneus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1976-04-01 , 1983-07-07 , 1984-09-25 , 1984-12-27
Taxonomic concept label
Lyctus brunneus (Stephens, 1830) sec. Majka, 2007

References

  • Downie, N. M. & Arnett, R. H., Jr. (1996) The beetles of northeastern North America. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida. 1721 pp.
  • McNamara, J. (1991 b) Family Lyctidae: lyctid powder-post beetles. In Bousquet, Y. (Ed.) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E. Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 201.