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Tribolium castaneum

Classification

Tribolium [genus] (2)
castaneum [species]

Classification

Tribolium [genus] (2)
castaneum [species]

Presence

Recorded on Curaçao
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
Natural distribution Africa
Notes on presence status Accidently introduced, probably origin from the Old World. Introduced as stored products. Establishment impact: negative. (Peck, 2016)

Publications

  • Colijn, E.O., Beentjes, K.K., Butôt, R., Miller, J.A., Smit, J.T., Winter, A.J. de, Hoorn, B. van der 2019. A catalogue of the Coleoptera of the Dutch Antilles. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 162: 67-186. [link]
  • Marcuzzi, G. 1954. Tenebrionid beetles of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 5: 1-36.
  • Marcuzzi, G. 1959. Tenebrionid beetles of Curaçao, Aruba, bonaire and Venezuela. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 9: 79-91.
  • Marcuzzi, G. 1977. Further studies on Caribbean Tenebrionid beetles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 52: 1-71.
  • Marcuzzi, G. 1984. A catalogue of the tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Heteromera) of the West Indies. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 45: 69-108.
  • Peck, S.B. 2009. The beetles of Barbados, West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity, distribution and faunal structure. Insecta Mundi 73: 1-51.
  • Peck, S.B. 2016. The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions. Insecta Mundi 460: 1-360.