Oryzaephilus surinamensis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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Common name (English)

Sawtoothed grain beetle

Ηabitat

J1 Buildings

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Habitat detail

Stored-products pest found indoors in granaries and houses

Establishment status

Indoors

Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic: Casual

First detection year

1932

Impacts

Negative

Pest of dried fruit and stored grain (Morris 1937); pest of cereal (Gözüaçık et al. 2015); Bred from dry figs, stored grain (Georghiou 1977); common household pest (Demetriou pers. comm.)

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Food contaminant – Food

References

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.

Gözüaçık C, Güllü M, Konuksal A, Yücel A, Hekimhan H (2015) Insect species of stored cereal in Northern Cyprus [Poster presentation]. Conference: 2nd International Symposium for Agriculture and Food Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.