Trogoxylon parallelopipedum ( Melsheimer, 1846 )

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 1573 (1), pp. 1-38 : 20

Trogoxylon parallelopipedum ( Melsheimer, 1846)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown , 4.i.1994, J.G. Stewart, in house, (2), ACPE ; Mount Stewart , 29.i.1992, J.G. Stewart, ACPE .

An adventive species, possibly established in the region. Newly recorded on Prince Edward Island and in the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 8 ). A Nearctic species found in many parts of the United States ( Gerberg 1957); in Canada recorded from Ontario ( McNamara 1991b). It attacks seasoned hardwood timber, but has also been found boring into the trunks of living honey-locust ( Gleditsia triacanthos L. ( Fabaceae )) ( Gerberg 1957).

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FIGURE 8. Distribution of Lyctus brunneus (Stephens), Lyctus linearis (Goeze), Lyctus planicollis LeConte, and Trogoxylon parallelopipedum (Melsheimer) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.