The pit-prop beetle, Hexarthrum exiguum (Boheman), is reported for the first time from Turkey where a population was found colonizing skirting boards (baseboards) in Istanbul. The feeding of adults and larvae caused the skirting boards to disintegrate.
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1 September 2011
First Record of the Pit-Prop Beetle Hexarthrum exiguum (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Turkey
H. Huseyin Cebeci,
Klaus Hellrigl,
Paul F. Whitehead
Florida Entomologist
Vol. 94 • No. 3
September 2011
Vol. 94 • No. 3
September 2011
Cossoninae
new to Turkey
weevil pest
wood boring insect