Ernobius mollis
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Description
Ernobius mollis (Linnaeus, 1758)
NEW BRUNSWICK: Saint John Co.: Saint John, 21.vii.1901, W. McIntosh, NBM. NOVA SCOTIA: 38 specimens examined from Colchester, Halifax, Lunenburg, Digby, and Kings counties (Table 1). The earliest record is from 1958 (Digby Co.: Bear River, 15.vii.1958, A.S. Riley, (3), ACNS). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown, xii.1954, F.M. Cannon, ACPE; Charlottetown, 30.vii.1982, L.S. Thompson, (3), ACPE.
An introduced, Palearctic species newly recorded in New Brunswick and on Prince Edward Island (Fig. 10). Recorded from scattered states in the eastern United States from Maine south to Florida and Texas (White 1982, Downie & Arnett 1996); in Canada known from Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland (McNamara 1991c). Associated with pines (Pinus spp.); as a pest of wood products it is considered of minor importance (Peters et al. 1996).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ACNS , ACPE , NBM
- Event date
- 1901-07-21 , 1958-07-15 , 1982-07-30
- Family
- Anobiidae
- Genus
- Ernobius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- mollis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1901-07-21 , 1958-07-15 , 1982-07-30
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ernobius mollis (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Majka, 2007
References
- White, R. E. (1982) A catalogue of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico, Family Anobiidae. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Agricultural Handbook 529 - 70.
- Downie, N. M. & Arnett, R. H., Jr. (1996) The beetles of northeastern North America. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida. 1721 pp.
- McNamara, J. (1991 c) Family Anobiidae: deathwatch beetles. In Bousquet, Y. (Ed.) Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Agriculture Canada Publication 1861 / E. Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 201 - 205.
- Peters, B. C., King, J. & Wylie, F. R. (1996) Pests of Timber in Queensland. Queensland Forestry Research Institute, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, 175 pp.