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Niptus Boield. and Allied Genera in North America (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. J. Brown
W. J. Brown
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada
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This paper offers a taxonomic treatment of the North American species of the genera Niptus Boieldieu (1856, pp. 290, 662), Epauloecus Mulsant and Rey (1868, pp. 49, 198), and Pseudeurostus Heyden (1906, p. 424), which was proposed as a new name for Eurostus Mulsant and Rey, 1868, not Dallas, 1851. Six species are considered, Two of these are treated in Fall's revision of the North American Ptinidae (1905, pp. 107-108). Two others are Old World species that were discovered more recently in Canada, and two species are dcscribed as new. All of the species belong to Niptus in the sense of Fall's revision, which this paper supplements. Three of the six species are imported minor pests and are known in America only from buildings, where they breed in organic matter of various kinds. The others are native, outdoor species of the wesrern United States. Hinton (1941, pp. 339-344) has described and figured the pest species and has summarized the literature on their habits.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 91 , Issue 10 , October 1959 , pp. 627 - 633
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1959

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