Trogoderma granarium Everts, 1898 – Khapra beetle
Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.
Status
The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland
Currently present in man-made habitats
Reproducing in man-made habitats
Invasive alien species
General charactreristics
Description and biology
Males differ from females. Omnivorous
Impact on native biodiversity and local economy
Habitats in invaded range
Agricultural constructions
Occurrence
Earliest introduction/record
about 1955
Types of transport
- Unintentional transport to Poland
Pathways of introduction
- Food contaminant (including of live food)
- Parasites on plants (including species transported by host and vector)
Type of release into natural environment
- Transport – Contaminant
Local dispersal methods
Unintentionally translocated by man
References
- Háva J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). W Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ 1-196.. Brandýse nad Labem a Staré Boleslavi link
- Hinton H. E. 1945. A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products London: Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, viii + 443 pp.
- Mapa Bioróżnorodności [online] 2015. Krajowa Sieć Informacji o Bioróżnorodności link
- Mroczkowski M. 1975. Dermestidae, Skornikowate (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna Polski Tom 4.: 162. Polska Akademia Nauk, Institut Zoologici Warszawa link
- Peacock E. R. 1993. Adults and larvae of hide, larder and carped beetles and their relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) and of derodontid beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) Handbooks for the identification of British Insec 5: 1-144. link
- Ruta R., Konwerski S., Kadej M., Herrmann A., Lasoń A. 2004. Three species of dermestid beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) no to Polish fauna with remarks on dermestids introduced to Poland Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 73: 307-314.
Author(s): Marcin Kadej
Life form: Insect
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Scientific synonyms: Trogoderma afrum Priesner, 1951; Trogoderma granarium Háva, 2007; Trogoderma granarium ssp. afrum Attia & Kamel, 1965; Trogoderma khapra Arrow, 1917; Trogoderma koningsbergeri Pic, 1933; Trogoderma quinquefasciata Leesberg, 1906