Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens, 1831)

Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina, Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai, Murariu, Dumitru, Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu & Ruzzier, Enrico, 2025, New additions and further records of non-native Coleoptera in Romania, Zootaxa 5575 (3), pp. 409-428 : 412

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14747128
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scientific name	Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens, 1831)
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Materials examined. Arad County: Vărădia de MureȘ (near), 46.0053°N / 22.1510°E, 19.IX.2019, under Populus bark, Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie leg. (2 specimens), AMPC GoogleMaps ; Constanța County: “Dunele Marine de la Agigea” Nature Reserve , 44.0876°N / 28.6422°E, 7.II.2024, under Populus sp. bark, Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie leg. (1 specimen), AMPC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Cryptogenic species ( Denux & Zagatti 2010) now cosmopolitan ( Ratti & Nardi 2011; Bharathi et al. 2023); it is considered a major pest of stored products, especially grains ( Bharathi et al. 2023). Recorded in Romania before 1912 ( Petri 1912, as Laemophloeus ferrugineus Steph. ), it was overlooked by Wegrzynowicz (2007).

References

Bharathi, V. S. K., Jian, F. & Jayas, D. S. (2023) Biology, ecology, and behavior of rusty grain beetle (Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens). Insects, 14 (7), 590. https: // doi. org / 10.3390 / insects 14070590

Denux, O. & Zagatti, P. (2010) Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae Sensu Lato, Chrysomelidae Sensu Lato and Coccinelidae. In: Roques, A., Kenis, M., Lees, D. Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Rabitsch, W., Rasplus, J. - Y. & Roy, D. B. (Eds.), BioRisk. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, pp. 315 - 406. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / biorisk. 4.61

Petri, K. (1912) Siebenburgens kaferfauna auf grund Ihrer erforschung bis zum jahre 1911. Siebenburgischer Verein fur Naturwissensch afen, Sibiu Romania, 376 pp.

Ratti, E. & Nardi, G. (2011) Silvanidae, Cucujidae e Laemophloeidae di Sardegna: catalogo provvisorio (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), In: Nardi, G., Whitmore, D., Bardiani, M., Birtele, D., Mason, F., Spada, L. & Cerretti, P. (Eds.), Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP Forests network. Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati, 5, pp. 461 - 492.

Wegrzynowicz, P. (2007) Laemophloeidae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Laemophloeidae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 503 - 505.