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Oryzaephilus surinamensis, the sawtoothed grain beetle, [1] is a beetle in the superfamily Cucujoidea. [2] It is a common, worldwide pest of grain and grain products as well as chocolate, drugs, and tobacco. [2] The species' binomial name, meaning "rice-lover from Suriname," was coined by Carl Linnaeus, who received specimens of the beetle from ...
Oryzaephilus mercator, the merchant grain beetle, is a small, flattened beetle about 2.5mm in length. [1] It is a common, worldwide pest of grain and grain products as well as fruit, chocolate, drugs, and tobacco. [1] The biology of O. mercator is nearly identical with Oryzaephilus surinamensis (the sawtooth grain beetle). [1]
This beetle is similar to the saw-toothed grain beetles in both habits and types of products infested. It is a serious pest in flour mills and wherever cereal products and other dried products are stored and/or processed. Generally, the beetle is attracted to grain with a high moisture content, and usually causes the grain to acquire a grayish ...
Measurements of insect length normally exclude legs, jaws, or horns, but if jaws are included, the longest known specimen of M. cervicornis is 17.7 cm; the longest known specimen of Dynastes hercules, a beetle species with enormous horns, is 17.5 cm, [2] [3] and the longest known beetle excluding either jaws or horns is Titanus giganteus, at 16 ...
Silvanidae, "silvan flat bark beetles", is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea, [1] [2] consisting of 68 described genera and about 500 described species. [3] The family is represented on all continents except Antarctica, and is most diverse at both the generic and species levels in the Old World tropics.
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The English name is derived from the large and distinctive mandibles found on the males of most species, which resemble the antlers of stags.. A well-known species in much of Europe is Lucanus cervus, referred to in some European countries (including the United Kingdom) as the stag beetle; it is the largest terrestrial insect in Europe.
Ahasverus advena, the foreign grain beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Silvanidae. It is related to the sawtoothed grain beetle. Description The ...