First Record of the Pit-Prop Beetle <I>Hexarthrum exiguum</I> (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Turkey

Authors

  • H. Huseyin Cebeci
  • Klaus Hellrigl
  • Paul F. Whitehead

Abstract

The pit-prop beetle, Hexarthrum exiguum (Boheman), is reported for the first time from Turkey where a population was found colonizing skirting boards (baseboards) in Istanbul. The feeding of adults and larvae caused the skirting boards to disintegrate.

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2011-09-01

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