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Lasioderma serricorne

Tobacco Beetle

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Tobacco Beetle; German Kleine Tabakkäfer, Zigarettenkäfer

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Circumglobal, especially in tropics

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group; Land, stored products

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; stored products

KEY FEATURES: 2mm TL. Light brown, globular, with strongly downturned head; antennae 1mm. Larvae eat dried foods and bore holes; adults fly but do NOT eat.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Coleoptera; ANOBIIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: stored products. Comments: An often serious pest in processed and dried foods, and in tobacco products. Larvae often bore holes as they eat the product.

IDENTIFICATION: Very small, 2mm TL. Pale brown. Globular, with head turned strongly down. Wing-covers (=elytra smooth without lines. Antennae about 1mm. Larvae feed on dried food products; adults do NOT feed, but are active fliers esp. around dusk. Times: larvae c.2wks, pupa 1wk, and adult 2-6wks.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens+photo, in pasta, GMcC 4/2002, ID Maja Poeschko 5/2002.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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