Adistemia watsoni: a stored product fungus beetle new record for Greece

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Published: Jan 8, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.11507
Sm. Ch. Papadopoulou
Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, School of Agricultural Technology, Laboratory of Entomology, P. O. Box 141, 57400 Sindos, Greece
C. Th. Buchelos
Agricultural Entomologist, Emer. Professor Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Abstract

During an inspection survey concerning stored product insects in the mainland Greece the stored product fungus beetle Adistemia watsoni Wollaston (Coleoptera: Lathridiidae) was recorded to feed upon conidia of Penicillium developing on stored plums and corn. Information on its morphology and distribution is briefly given.

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