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Ahasverus advena (Waltl 1834) Dimension: 2-2.3 mm long Common names: foreign grain beetle (cucujide des grains (F), carcoma extranjera de los granos (S), gorgojo chico extranjero (S), gorgojo extranjero del grano (S)), tropischer Schimmel-Plattkäfer (tropical mold beetle (G)) Taxonomy: Col., Silvanidae, originally Cryptophagus advena 1832. For synonyms see Löbl and Smetana 2007. Distribution (7): Cosmopolitan. American, Ethiopian or Oriental origin. Af 19, As 16, C 9, E 26, N 3, O 8, SA 7 Commodities (138): aniv 2.2% dried insect (u), anv 2.2%, bc 4.1% cocoa (u), bg 1.4%, df 4.3%, ffv 8.0%, g 6.5% wheat (u), gp 6.5% kibbled wheat (s), rolled oat (u), wheat flour (u), wheat germ (s), gs 0.7%, me 3.6%, n 3.6%, np 0.7%, oc 5.0%, os 6.0% copra (u), palm kernel (u), peanut (u), osp 5.1%, p 5.1%, pp 0.7% soybean meal (s), r 6.5%, rp 2.9%, se 3.6%, sea 7.2%, v 13.8% Facilities: barley mills, cocoa storages, currant raisin storages, empty cargo containers, farm grain bins, farm storages of rice, feedmills, flat grain storages, flour mills, grain elevators, peanut shelling plants, peanut warehouses, pet stores, railroad cars, semolina mills, sultana raisin storages Life history: David and Mills 1975, Jacob 1996 Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer 1797) Dimension: 5-5.6 mm long Common names: lesser mealworm (petit ténébrion (F), petit tenebrion mat (F), gusano menor de las harinas (S)), litter beetle, grain mold beetle, glänzender Getreideschimmelkäfer (brilliant grain mold beetle (G), Хрущaк смoлянo-бурый (pitch-brown mealworm (R)), escarabajo negro chico de los granos (small black grain beetle (S)), petit ténébrion brillant (small shiny darkling beetle (F)), Хрущaк вoнючий (smelly mealworm (R)) Taxonomy: Col., Tenebrionidae, originally Tenebrio diaperinus Panzer and transferred to new genus by Wollaston 1854, syn. Alphitobius ovatus Herbst 1799, Alphitobius piceus sensu auct. partum not (Olivier). For additional synonyms see Löbl and Smetana 2008. Distribution (7): Cosmopolitan. Af 17, As 30, C 5, E 26, N 3, O 9, SA 4 Commodities (89): aninv 1.1%, anv 6.7%, bc 4.5%, bg 2.2%, g 10.1% barley (m), barley flour (s), maize (u), maize flour (s), rice (m), rice flour (s), wheat (s), wheat broken (s), wheat flour (s), wheat ground (s), gp 12.4%, gs 3.4%, me 2.2%, n 2.2%, oc 3.4%, os 10.1% peanut (u), osp 12.4%, p 5.6% black gram (m), cowpea (s), pp 2.2%, r 4.5%, rp 1.1%, se 3.4% sea 3.4%, v 9.0% Facilities: bakeries, barley mills, botanical warehouse, currant raisin storages, empty cargo containers, empty farm grain bins, farm storages of rice, feedmills, flour mills, grain bins, grain elevators, grocery warehouses, henhouses, peanut shelling plants, peanut warehouses, poultry houses, residences, stables, sultana raisin storages Natural enemies (4): Amphibolus venator, Peregrinator biannulipes, Somotrichus unifasciatus, Theocolax elegans Life history: Preiss and Davidson 1971, Rueda and Axtell 1996, Wilson and Miner 1969
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