The Distribution of the Storage Species of Cryptolestes (Col., Cucujidae)
- 1 December 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Bulletin of Entomological Research
- Vol. 48 (4), 795-809
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s000748530000290x
Abstract
The present world distribution of six species of Cryptolestes found in stored produce is delineated from the evidence of specimens collected from a small number of countries and from specimens collected from produce examined in ships at British ports.It is concluded that C. ferrugineus (Steph.) is worldwide, being found in temperate and tropical areas and in humid and dry zones. The range of C. minutus (Ol.) is limited by low temperature and low humidity but it is more abundant than C. ferrugineus in the wet tropics. C. pusilloides (Steel & Howe) is at present confined to the southern hemisphere but may be spreading slowly. It seems unlikely that this species entered stored products handled by the shipping trade much before 1944. C. turcicus (Grouv.) has been identified from Europe, North and tropical Africa, Turkey, North America, Uruguay and Argentina, and C. spartii (Curt.) only from Europe, North Africa and Turkey. C. ugandae Steel & Howe is rare, being found only from Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana.Keywords
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