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