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1 June 2013 Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae): First Record in Dehydrated Bee Pollen in Sergipe State, Brazil
Julio César M. Poderoso, Maria E. Correia-Oliveira, Jaci Mendes Vieira, Genésio T. Ribeiro, Rafael C. Ribeiro, JosÉ C. Zanuncio
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Abstract

Bee pollen, which is the material that adheres to honeybees as they collect nectar from flowers, is agglutinated into balls with nectar and bee saliva substances and is important to the survival of colonies of these insects. Damage to bee pollen stored at 10% RH was found in samples collected in Sergipe State, Brazil. Insects found in the pollen were identified as Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius, 1792) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae), a cosmopolitan insect and one of the main insects infesting tobacco and many stored food products. This is the first record of damage by this insect in dehydrated pollen balls, which makes this product unfit for human consumption.

Julio César M. Poderoso, Maria E. Correia-Oliveira, Jaci Mendes Vieira, Genésio T. Ribeiro, Rafael C. Ribeiro, and JosÉ C. Zanuncio "Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae): First Record in Dehydrated Bee Pollen in Sergipe State, Brazil," Florida Entomologist 96(2), 682-685, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.096.0247
Published: 1 June 2013
KEYWORDS
apiarian products
Besouro do tabaco
Produtos Apícolas
produtos armazenados
stored products
tobacco beetle
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