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Bostrychoplites cornutus

Description

Bostrychoplites cornutus (Olivier, 1790)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.; Montague, 26.x.1988, M.E.M. Smith, emerged from picture frame imported from Africa, ACPE.

An intercepted, adventive species; not established in the region. Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island. Frequently found in wood carvings and other items imported from Africa (Ivie 2002).

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 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5096635

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ACPE
Event date
1988-10-26
Family
Bostrichidae
Genus
Bostrychoplites
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Olivier
Species
cornutus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1988-10-26
Taxonomic concept label
Bostrychoplites cornutus (Olivier, 1790) sec. Majka, 2007

References

  • Ivie, M. A. (2002) Bostrichidae Latreille 1802. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr., Thomas, M. C., Skelley, P. E. & Frank, J. H. (Eds.). American Beetles, Volume 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, pp. 233 - 244.