Tenebrionidae, Latreille, 1802

Iorio, Osvaldo Di & Turienzo, Paola, 2011, A preliminary bibliographic survey of the insects found in poultry houses from the Neotropical Region, with remarks on selected taxa shared with native birds' nests 2858, Zootaxa 2858 (1), pp. 1-60 : 11-12

Tenebrionidae

Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1797)

= Alphitobius piceus [non Olivier, 1792]: Cicchino & Saini 2006.

BRAZIL: 1989, in poultry houses ( Calibeo 2002, following Filho et al. 1989); Minas Gerais: Uberlândia, Fazenda do Óleo da Granja Planalto (18º 57’ S, 48º 12’ W), X-1992, 246 exx., XI-1992, 451 exx., XII-1992, 69 exx., I-1993, 109 exx., II-1993, 106 exx., III-1993, 43 exx., IV-1993, 220 exx., V-1993, 74 exx., VI-1993, 293 exx., VII-1993, 17 exx., VIII-1993, 85 exx. [ DBUU], in accumulated manure of caged-layer poultry ( Fernandes et al. 1995); São Paulo: Bastos region ( Berti Filho et al. 1989); Campinas ( Avancini & Ueta 1990); Araçatuba + Assis + Bastos + Bady Bassett + Bauru + Birigui + Cotia + Guararapes + Ibiúna + Itapetininga + Mogi das Cruzes + Monte Mor + Pirassununga, 1985-1988, total of 436 exx., in poultry manure accumulated in poultry farms ( Bruno et al. 1993); 7 km from Município São João da Boa Vista, granja Crisdan, 2001-2002, 52532 adults (94.19%) captured with soil traps, and 995 adults (1.78%) captured with funnel of Berlese-Tullgren and 2240 adults (4.01%) captured by fluctuation in water from manure samples in a poultry of laying eggs ( Lopes et al. 2006), I-2001 to XII-2002, 995 exx. (30,8%), extracted with Berlese funnel (mean 13.26667), 2.240 exx. (69,2%) by water flotation (mean 29.86667) ( Lopes et al. 2007b); Parana: Cascavel , X-2001 to X-2002: Flock I, 13764 adults and 32,879 larvae; Flock II, 6570 adults and 63000 larvae; Flock III, 8445 adults and 125589 larvae; Flock IV, 6790 adults and 60877 larvae; Flock V, 18993 adults and 93746 larvae; Flock VI, 38527 adults and 106696 larvae, in a poultry house with approximately 21000 chickens ( Chernaki-Leffer et al. 2007); Rio Grande do Sul: Pelotas, Conjunto Agrotécnico Visconde da Graça (31º 34’ S, 52º 23’ W), VIII-1998 to VII-1999, 2896 exx. [ JSMC], in poultry house ( Bicho et al. 2005), IV-2002 to III- 2003, 1091 larvae, 41027 adults [93,36 % of 43945 exx. of Coleoptera ], from poultry house of laying hens (Pinto 2005).

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires: [locality not stated] ( Crespo & Lecuona 1996); Merlo, 1º week, 29.87 ± 17.36 larvae I, 23.75 ± 16.97 larvae II, 23.37 ± 7.35 larvae III, 291.00 ± 232.20 adults; 3º week, 83.37 ± 84.33 larvae I, 11.87 ± 10.63 larvae II, 4.75 ± 3.57 larvae III, 8.87 ± 6.79 adults; 5º week, 34.50 ± 32.67 larvae I, 30.75 ± 42.97 larvae II, 24.50 ± 35.75 larvae III, 26.75 ± 27.31 adults from lateral sectors of 8 poultry houses; 1º week, 5.62 ± 4.31 larvae I, 8.75 ± 6.27 larvae II, 8.87 ± 5.96 larvae III, 36.87 ± 24.89 adults; 3º week, 70.75 ± 30.70 larvae I, 444.37 ± [SD not stated] larvae II, 20.87 ± 11.54 larvae III, 12.37 ± 11.90 adults; 5º week, 48.50 ± [SD not stated] larvae I, 39.87 ± 28.78 larvae II, 28.25 ± 21.81 larvae III, 7.62 ± 6.43 adults under the mangers of 8 poultry houses ( Cecco et al. 2005); Capilla del Señor & Pergamino, in poultry houses ( Cicchino & Saini 2006).

CHILE: Metropolitan Region: Santiago, large numbers, identified by C.A. Triplehorn (University of Ohio), in a poultry house (Peña G. 1973); 1973, in poultry farms ( Calibeo 2002, following Peña G. 1973).

Blapstinus sp.

BRAZIL: São Paulo: Bauru, 1985-1988, 2 exx., in poultry manure accumulated in poultry farms ( Bruno et al. 1993). Cynaeus angustus (LeConte, 1851)

CHILE: central Chile, 25-III to 5-V-1965, in hen manure ( Legner & Olton 1970).

Gnathocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798)

BRAZIL: São Paulo: Bady Bassett + Bauru + Cotia + Itapetininga, 1985-1988, 9 exx., in poultry manure accumulated in poultry farms ( Bruno et al. 1993) ; Rio Grande do Sul: Pelotas, Conjunto Agrotécnico Visconde da Graça (31º 34’ S, 52º 23’ W), VIII-1998 to VII-1999, 947 exx. [ JSMC], in poultry house ( Bicho et al. 2005), IV-2002 to III- 2003, 590 exx., 1.34 % of 43945 exx. of Coleoptera , from poultry house of laying hens (Pinto 2005) .

Palorus subdepressus (Wollaston, 1864)

BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul: Pelotas, Conjunto Agrotécnico Visconde da Graça (31º 34’ S, 52º 23’ W), VIII-1998 to VII-1999, 27 exx. [ JSMC], in poultry house ( Bicho et al. 2005) .

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797)

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires: Capilla del Señor & Pergamino, in poultry houses ( Cicchino & Saini 2006).

Tribolium confusum (Duval, 1868)

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Uberlândia, Fazenda do Óleo da Granja Planalto (18º 57’ S, 48º 12’ W), I-1993, 2 exx., II- 1993, 100 exx., IV-1993, 275 exx., V-1993, 218 exx., VI-1993, 9 exx., VII-1993, 37 exx., VIII-1993, 11 exx. [ DBUU], in accumulated manure of caged-layer poultry ( Fernandes et al. 1995) .

Tribolium sp.

BRAZIL: São Paulo: Bastos + Pirassununga, 1985-1988, 7 exx., in poultry manure accumulated in poultry farms ( Bruno et al. 1993).

Undetermined genera

BRAZIL: São Paulo: Bady Bassett + Bauru + Cotia + Itapetininga, 1985-1988, 6 exx., in poultry manure accumulated in poultry farms ( Bruno et al. 1993).

Undetermined sp.

= Lagriidae sp. 1: Fernandes et al. 1995

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Uberlândia, Fazenda do Óleo da Granja Planalto (18º 57’ S, 48º 12’ W), VII-1993, 1 ex., VIII-1993, 1 ex. [ DBUU], in accumulated manure of caged-layer poultry ( Fernandes et al. 1995) .

Zophobas opacus (Sahlberg 1823)

PERU: Loreto: Iquitos, larvae and adults, in poultry houses (Morote D. & Vásquez Bardales 2005).

Trogidae

Omorgus (Omorgus) suberosus (Fabricius, 1775)

BRAZIL: São Paulo: Campinas, Monte Mor, Granja Capuavinha , X-1991 to IX-1993, 6752

adult beetles, “associados a locais onde havia grande quantidade de ração, ovos quebrados e penas que eram freqüentemente derrubadas pelos animais, misturada com fezes de consistência pastosa” [larvae were never found] ( Gianizella & Prado 1999); granja Crisdan, 7 km from Município São João da Boa Vista, 2001-2002, 2303 adults (99.17%) captured with soil traps, 12 adults (0.51%) captured with funnel of Berlese-Tullgren, and 7 adults (0.30%) captured by fluctuation in water, from manure samples in a poultry of laying eggs ( Lopes et al. 2007a), I-2001 to XII- 2002, 19 exx. from 600 kg of poultry manure [larvae were not found], mean 0.16000 (Berlese funnel), 0.09333 (water flotation) ( Lopes et al. 2007b).

Undetermined sp.

= Trox sp. : Avancini & Ueta 1990, Bruno et al. 1993.

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Uberlândia, Fazenda do Óleo da Granja Planalto (18º 57’ S, 48º 12’ W), VII-1993, 2 exx. [ DBUU], in accumulated manure of caged-layer poultry ( Fernandes et al. 1995); São Paulo: Campinas ( Avancini & Ueta 1990); Bastos + Bauru + Guararapes + Itapetininga + Mogi das Cruzes, 1985-1988, 21 exx., in poultry manure accumulated in poultry farms ( Bruno et al. 1993).

Trogossitidae

Tenebroides mauritanicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul: Pelotas, Conjunto Agrotécnico Visconde da Graça (31º 34’ S, 52º 23’ W), VIII-1998 to VII-1999, 8 exx. [ JSMC], in poultry house ( Bicho et al. 2005) .

Undetermined family

Undetermined sp. 1

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Uberlândia, Fazenda do Óleo da Granja Planalto (18º 57’ S, 48º 12’ W), V-1993, 9 exx. [ DBUU], in accumulated manure of caged-layer poultry ( Fernandes et al. 1995) .

Undetermined sp. 2

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Uberlândia, Fazenda do Óleo da Granja Planalto (18º 57’ S, 48º 12’ W), XII-1992, 5 exx. [ DBUU], in accumulated manure of caged-layer poultry ( Fernandes et al. 1995) .