Stenolophus ( Egadroma ) quinquepustulatus (Wiedemann, 1823)
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https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-12(40) |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A4EEDE9A-1099-4A21-984D-CF16105BEDD7 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BC87D7-1C79-557F-FCDB-539EFB9FFAD1 |
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Felipe |
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Stenolophus ( Egadroma ) quinquepustulatus (Wiedemann, 1823) |
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Stenolophus ( Egadroma) quinquepustulatus (Wiedemann, 1823) View in CoL ( Carabidae )
( Fig. 1C, D)
France
– Calvados, Thaon, 49.25422°, -0.45388°, 14.XII.2021, 3 ex., S. Etienne ( LNEF-ONF, SE). This is the first report of this seed corn beetle in France and Europe .
Status in France. – Only intercepted.
Geographical distribution. – Widely distributed in the Oriental region, the south-eastern portion of the Palearctic region ( China, India, Nepal, Pakistan), Japan and northern parts of the Australian region (Jaeger & Ahmed, 2017; Jaeger & Kataev, 2003).
Remarks. – Three specimens of this species were found dead in a box of clothing from China, in a private home. Like its congeners, often auxiliary predators of crops, S. quinquepustulatus is present in cultivated areas and is even described as an enemy of Lepidoptera (probably caterpillars) in the List of insect species conserved and developed for agricultural production of an FAO report concerning Vietnam (FAO, 2014). It is subject to strong variability in the size, presence, and shape of the elytral maculae, already visible among the only 3 intercepted individuals ( Fig. 1C, D).
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