The first findings on rusty grain beetle, Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens, 1831) (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea: Laemophloeidae) in pistachio orchard in Siirt province (Turkey)

Abstract

Stored products and food industry arthropod pests present a serious economical and medical risks for stored food, feed commodities and seeds in Turkey, and requires phytoquarantine. The rusty grain beetle, Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens, 1831) is a world-wide pest of stored food products. Meanwhile; they are primarily pests of wheat. However, this pest also feed on barley, cacao, capsicum, cassava, chilies, clover, copra, corn, currants, dates, flax, illipe nuts, lucerne, millet, mustard, oats, palm kernels, peanuts, rape, rice, sorghum, soybean, sunflower, and triticale (Throne, 1987). Cryptolestes spp. are capable of being hazardous for whole kernels under suitable conditions, but can be associated with primary invaders such as Rhyzopertha dominica.C. ferrugineus generally causes mixed infestations with Tribolium castaneum. Larvae and pupae are protected from predation or cannibalism because they develop singly under the seed coat covering the germ of cereal seeds (Suresh et al., 2001). C. ferrugineus is one of the most common grain feeding insects found in grain stores in farms in Turkey. It is widely distributed throughout the World. In turkey; It is distributed many different locations. This report has been written about a new locality record of this stored product pest. Also, it is important that this species, which is basically known as stored product pests, has been found in pistachio orchards. Although not active; It has been reported that this species has predator behavior in its habitat. They are also found in the nests of Vespa wasps and under tree barks. They are facultative predators and scavengers and able to feed on many species of storage fungi (Suresh et al., 2001) . Adults as well as larvae, are cannibalistic and will consume eggs, pupae and prepupae of other species co-habiting with them (Suresh et al., 2001). For this reason it is necessary to determine the relations with the bark beetle and scale insects. as they are reported to be related in the literature (Zakladnoi and Ratonova, 1987;Thomas, 1988). Materials and MethodsSpecimens were collected from traps in Siirt Province. The light trap was operated from mid-June to mid-September in years 2008 and 2009. This study was carried out in two pistachio orchards in Siirt province. There was one light trap in each garden. Number of study orchards was changed to 5 within 8 acres (Figure 1). Each orchard was controlled every week. A 20-watt Philips energy saver white day light bulb was used. The specimens are preserved in 70 % ethanol. The collected material is deposited in

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“…14). Systematic Position: order: Coleoptera; Family: Laemophloeidae distribution: Worldwide in distribution 4,31,32 .…”

Insect species and their abundance in sunflower and soybean seeds in warehouses in the Çukurova Region, Türkiye

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