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DISTRIBUTION OF THE MERCHANT GRAIN BEETLE, ORYZAEPHILUS MERCATOR (SILVANIDAE: COLEOPTERA) IN CANADA1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

S. R. Loschiavo  and
L. B. Smith
S. R. Loschiavo
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Manitoba
L. B. Smith
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Abstract

A national survey shows that the merchant grain beetle, Oryzaephilus mercator Fauvel, has been present in Canada since at least 1925 and that it has become firmly established as a household pest of processed cereal products preferably of high oil content, but has not been reported from stored grain. A related species, the saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), infests both stored grain and processed cereal products. Illustrations are provided to show the morphological characters by which the two species may be recognized and separated.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 8 , August 1970 , pp. 1041 - 1047
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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