Cryptolestes klapperichi explained

Cryptolestes klapperichi, is a species of flat bark beetle widespread in the Oriental region but introduced to several parts of the world particularly through stored products.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It is found in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Thailand. The museum specimens are recorded from Egypt, Ghana, Hawaii, Galapagos Islands and Saint Lucia.^{[4] [5]}

Host plants include Myristica fragrans, and Manihot esculenta. In 1984, it was first intercepted in foodstuffs imported into the United States in dried chili pods from Thailand. Then in 1988, the species was observed from U.S. Virgin Islands, where a long series was collected from the ascomycete fungus Daldinia concentrica growing on a dead citrus tree.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zimmerman . M. L. . 1987 . New interception records of Cryptolestes klapperichi Lefkovitch (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) entering the United States . 2021-09-07 . The Coleopterists' bulletin (USA) . English.
2. Banks . H. J. . 1980 . Identification of Stored Product Cryptolestes Spp. (coleoptera: Cucujidae): A Rapid Technique for Preparation of Suitable Mounts . 2021-09-07 . Australian Journal of Entomology . 18 . 3 . 217–222 . en . 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00842.x.
3. Web site: Cryptolestes klapperichi Lefkovitch, 1962-01 . 2021-09-07 . www.gbif.org . en.
4. Web site: Descriptions of four new species of Cryptolestes Ganglbauer, with a revised key to the New World species and notes on other species (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). 2021-09-07 . INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002.
5. Web site: New distribution records for two species of Cryptolestes Ganglbauer (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) . 2021-09-07 . Volume 19, No. 1-2, March-June, 2005, INSECTA MUNDI.