Ahasverus advena (Waltl, 1832)

Majka, Christopher G., 2008, The flat bark beetles (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cucujidae, Laemophloeidae) of Atlantic Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 221-238 : 228

Ahasverus advena (Waltl, 1832)

NOVA SCOTIA: Halifax Co.: Halifax , 14.IX.1992, C. Stevens, (8, NSMC) ; Halifax , 13.XI.1986, D. McCarthy, (2, NSMC) ; Halifax , 1.IX.1989, R. White, (1, NSMC) ; Halifax , 12.I.1990, collector not recorded, (1, NSMC) ; Halifax , 9.VII.1991, K. Anthony, (4, NSMC) ; Kings Co.: Kentville , 10.VIII.2005, D.H. Webster, compost heap, on moldy corncobs, (1, DHWC) ; locality and collector not recorded, (8, NSAC). PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Queens Co.: Charlottetown , IX.1984, L.S. Thompson, (1, ACPE) .

Ahasverus advena is newly recorded in Atlantic Canada. Th is is a cosmopolitan species that feeds on surface molds such as Penicillium glaucoma and Aspergillus sp. It has been associated with moldy copra, lima beans, pigeon peas, stored grain, fruit, nuts, corn, dried pears, cereals, on damp flour, rice, figs, and apples, in coffee beans, moldy grass, on cured ham and stored oats and decaying soybeans ( Thomas 1993).