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Beetles Identification Guide

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Diagnosis: This mycetophagid differs from the two other species of the family<br />

dealt with here in having a 4-segmented antennal club and a pair of deep, oval pits<br />

near the base of the pronotum. Like Litargus balteatus, members of this species<br />

have a bicolorous elytral integument.<br />

Sexual dimorphism: Males have 3-segmented fore tarsi, with the first segment<br />

dilated and densely pubescent on the ventral side; females have 4-segmented<br />

fore tarsi and the first segment neither dilated nor pubescent ventrally (Fig. 265).<br />

Distribution: Europe and North America. In Canada the species is found in the<br />

temperate regions from New Brunswick west to British Columbia.<br />

Economic importance: Members of this species have been reported in grain<br />

elevators, granaries, mills, and warehouses. They are fairly common in the<br />

Prairie Provinces.<br />

Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus)<br />

hairy fungus beetle<br />

mycétophage des céréales<br />

Diagnosis: The species is readily separated from the two other<br />

Mycetophagidae included here by its unicolorous reddish brown elytral integument.<br />

The other two mycetophagids have a bicolorous elytral integument.<br />

This species resembles, to some extent, the anobiids discussed in this<br />

guide. It differs from them, however, in having the head clearly visible from<br />

above, a symmetrical antennal club, and 3- (fore tarsi of the male) or 4segmented<br />

tarsi. Members of Lasioderma serricorne and Stegobium paniceum<br />

have the head concealed from above by the hood-like pronotum, the antennal<br />

club absent or asymmetrical, and 5-segmented tarsi.<br />

Sexual dimorphism: Males have 3-segmented fore tarsi, females 4-segmented<br />

ones (Fig. 256).<br />

Distribution: Cosmopolitan. In Canada the species occurs throughout the temperate<br />

regions.<br />

Economic importance: This species is the most common of the three<br />

mycetophagids associated with stored products in Canada. It has been found in<br />

granaries, barns, mills, stores, warehouses, and dwellings. Serious infestations have<br />

been reported (Campbell et. al. 1989). It is also found in cornfields, where it is<br />

apparently attracted to decaying kernels on exposed ears.<br />

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