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Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky 1978
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Description
Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky, 1839
NOVA SCOTIA: Kings Co.: Kentville, 10.vii.1978, H.B. Specht, at light in residence, ACNS.
An introduced Palearctic species, newly recorded in Nova Scotia and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole (Fig. 3). Widely distributed in the USA (Beal 2003); in Canada recorded from the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Québec (Bousquet 1991). A synanthropic species associated with dried stored products and a pest in museums and insect collections. (Mertins 1981).
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 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5096635
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ACNS
- Event date
- 1978-07-10
- Family
- Dermestidae
- Genus
- Thylodrias
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Motschulsky
- Species
- contractus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1978-07-10
- Taxonomic concept label
- Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky, 1978 sec. Majka, 2007
References
- Beal, R. S., Jr. (2003) Annotated checklist of Nearctic Dermestidae with revised key to the genera. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 57 (4), 391 - 404.
- Mertins, J. W. (1981) Life history and morphology of the odd beetle, Thylodrias contractus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 74, 576 - 581.