Tribolium castaneum ( Herbst, 1797 )

Soldati, Laurent, Kergoat, Gael J. & Condamine, Fabien L., 2012, Preliminary report on the Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) collected during the SANTO 2006 expedition to Vanuatu, with description of a new species of the genus Uloma Dejean, 1821, Zoosystema 34 (2), pp. 305-317 : 308

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/z2012n2a8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14930862
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scientific name	Tribolium castaneum ( Herbst, 1797 )
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Tribolium castaneum ( Herbst, 1797)

Colydium castaneum Herbst, 1797: 282 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. Espiritu Santo Isl., Luganville, CETRAV in Saraoutou, 23-28.X.2006, at light, leg. L. Soldati, 1 ♂ ( MNHN).

DISTRIBUTION. — Tribolium castaneum is a cosmopolitan species and one of the most important stored product pests around the world. It is known to infest the following commodities: barley, bran, cacao, ginger, maize, millet, manioc, nutmeg, peanut, pepper, rice, sorghum, tapioca and yam ( Delobel & Tran 1993). This species can also damage entomological collections.