Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 27

Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Saint John Co.: Saint John , 27.vii.1910, collector not recorded, in old cabinet, CNC . NOVA SCOTIA: 148 specimens examined from Colchester, Cumberland, Pictou , Cape Breton, Guysborough , Halifax , Lunenburg , and Kings counties ( Table 1). The earliest record is from 1952 (Colchester Co.: Truro , 25.v.1952, M.E. Neary, (6), NSAC) . PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown , v.1967 and v.1981, L.S. Thompson, (5), ACPE ; Charlottetown , 10.x.1951 and xi.1955, F.M. Cannon, (2), ACPE ; St. Patricks , 19.vii.2001, C.G. Majka, cabin, CGMC .

An introduced Palearctic species newly recorded in Nova Scotia and on Prince Edward Island ( Fig. 12 ). Cosmopolitan; in Canada recorded from British Columbia east to Newfoundland ( McNamara 1991c). Found in mills, bakeries, warehouses, libraries, and homes where the larvae feed on a wide variety vegetable and animal products as well as dried plants, old books, and paper.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Distribution of Hadrobregmus notatus (Say), Oligomerus sericans (Melsheimer), Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus), and Anobium punctatum (DeGeer) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.