Cryptolestes pusillus

Species of beetle

Cryptolestes pusillus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Laemophloeidae
Genus:  | Cryptolestes
Species:  |

C. pusillus

Binomial name
Cryptolestes pusillus

(Schönherr, 1817) [1]

Synonyms

* Cryptolestes minutus (Olivier, 1791)
* Cucujus minutus Olivier,1791
* Cryptolestes crassicornis (Waltl, 1839)
* Laemophloeus crassicornis Waltl, 1839
* Cryptolestes longicornis (Mannerheim, 1843)
* Laemophloeus longicornis Mannerheim, 1843
* Cryptolestes brevis (Fairmaire, 1850)
* Laemophloeus brevis Fairmaire, 1850
* Cryptolestes parallelus (Smith, 1851)
* Laemophloeus parallelus Smith, 1851
* Cryptolestes puberulus (LeConte, 1854)
* Laemophloeus puberulus LeConte, 1854
* Cryptolestes pauper (Sharp, 1899)
* Laemophloeus pauper Sharp, 1899
* Cryptolestes testaceus (Stephens, 1831)
* Cucujus testaceus  Stephens, 1831

Cryptolestes pusillus is a species of lined flat bark beetle native to Europe.[2][3] It is also known as the flat grain beetle. It feeds on grain products, and is considered a pest in Canada.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Schönherr, C.J. 1817. Synonymia insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema eleutheratorum etc. geordnet. Uppsala, E. Bruzelius. 1(3): 507
2. ^ "Cryptolestes pusillus (Schoenherr, 1817)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
3. ^ Norman H. Joy, 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
4. ^ Government of Canada, Canadian Grain Commission (2013-08-30). "Flat grain beetle - Cryptolestes pusillus (Schönherr) - Primary insect pest". www.grainscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-12-04.

Taxon identifiers

Cryptolestes pusillus|

* Wikidata: Q5466649
* AFD: Cryptolestes_pusillus
* BioLib: 10389
* BOLD: 210764
* BugGuide: 893430
* EoL: 1175301
* EUNIS: 233314
* Fauna Europaea: 189795
* Fauna Europaea (new): 0acddcd6-9c46-431c-b67c-f8ba02121ba2
* GBIF: 4989843
* iNaturalist: 217815
* IRMNG: 10997807
* ITIS: 114310
* NatureServe: 2.743978
* NBN: NHMSYS0020151875
* NCBI: 1173686
* NZOR: 1ce469dc-9ad2-4f58-8cd5-97f372990c62
* Observation.org: 23300
* Open Tree of Life: 3355108
* Plazi: 6494550E-8CE1-67AD-2652-67DD81D20E71
* ZooBank: 466DE9A7-2F11-4B9D-8137-572D6676CD98

Cucujus pusillus|

* Wikidata: Q109603645
* GBIF: 6992735

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