Ceresium unicolor (Fabricius)

Swezey, O. H., 1942, Miscellaneous Families of Guam Coleoptera, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 150-171 : 169-170

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5167701
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3011E060-3142-4015-999F-F4644EE9F7E9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5211849
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/376B87E5-FFAD-1B1D-FEF3-F731002A4447
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Ceresium unicolor (Fabricius)
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2. Ceresium unicolor (Fabricius) View in CoL .

Sa.perda unicolor Fabricius, Mant. Ins. 1: 147, 1787.

Ceresium imicolor (Fabricius) Aurivillius, Insects of Samoa 4 (2): 138, 1928.

Blair, B. P. Bishop Mus., Bull 114: 274, 1935.

Piti , June 10, 15, July 9, 12, 19, 22, 23, 24, Sept. 14, 22, Oct. 12, 19, Nov. 25, Swezey; Mt. Alifan , June 27, Usinger; Barrigada , July 22, reared from Intsia bijuga, Swezey ; Fadian, Sept. 18, Swezey; Sumay, Sept. 28, Swezey; Merizo , Oct. 2, Swezey. Fullaway, 1911.

This species is widely distributed in the Pacific. In Hawaii it has been known as Ceresium simplex . We found it very abundant in 1936, breeding in dead branches or fallen trees of several kinds. The beetles often came to light.