Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina, Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai, Murariu, Dumitru, Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu & Ruzzier, Enrico, 2025, New additions and further records of non-native Coleoptera in Romania, Zootaxa 5575 (3), pp. 409-428 : 414

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4B1C253B-95F1-4F55-8EA1-F311AB52A6A2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14747142

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F687B8-A32B-5628-7F94-3A86FCFDFC8D

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Materials examined. Constanța County: Dumbrăveni (near), 43.9355°N / 27.9952°E, 16.IX.2022, pasture—at light, Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci leg. (8 specimens), COMC GoogleMaps ; Constanța County: “Dunele Marine de la Agigea” Nature Reserve , 44.0876°N / 28.6422°E, 22.I.2024, found dead inside the building, Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie leg. (1 specimen), AMPC GoogleMaps ; Neamț County: Poiana Teiului , 47.1145°N / 25.9253°E, 24.II.2024, under moldy hay, Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie leg. (1 specimen), AMPC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Originally from North America ( Wittenberg et al. 2006) , the species is now distributed worldwide. Typhaea stercorea feeds on various types of molds and is considered a pest of stored products ( Majka 2010). The species was first recorded in Romania before 1912 ( Petri 1912).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Mycetophagidae

Genus

Typhaea

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