Alphitobius diaperinus: Lesser Mealworm
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Description: Provides photographs and information on this pest of stored products, its distribution, life cycle, biology, damage and importance.
lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus common name: lesser mealworm, litter beetle (Panzer) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (Panzer), is a cosmopolitan general stored products pest of particular importance as a vector and competent reservoir of several poultry pathogens and parasites. It can also cause damage to poultry housing and is suspected to be a health risk to humans in close contact with larvae and adults. Adults can become a nuisance when they move en masse toward artificial lights generated by residences near fields where beetle-infested manure has been spread (Axtell 1999).
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| Page title: | lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus |
| Keywords: | lesser mealworm litter beetles Alphitobius diaperinus Coleoptera Tenebrionidae James Dunford Phil Kaufman |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |