Cartodere constricta, the plaster beetle, is a 1.3—2.0 mm long species of minute brown scavenger beetle in the family Latridiidae. Originally from the Palearctic, it now also occurs in the Nearctic. It is found throughout Europe and North Africa, east across Siberia to the Russian Far East, and south to Pakistan, India, China and Japan. It also occurs across southern Canada and throughout the USA.[1][2][3][4] It is a mold feeder often found in: stored products such as grains and dry fruit, houses, feed mills, grain elevators, manure heaps and plant detritus.[4][5] To get rid of this species, the key is drying out the problem area enough to stop mold growth; in general, reduce RH below 20%.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Latridiidae |
| Genus: | Cartodere |
| Species: | C. constricta
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| Cartodere constricta (Gyllenhal, 1827)
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References edit
- ^ Majka, C.G.; Langor, D.; Rücker, W.H. (2009). "Latridiidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, keys to identification, new synonyms, distribution, and zoogeography". The Canadian Entomologist. 141 (4): 317–370. doi:10.4039/n09-050. S2CID 198148470.
- ^ "Cartodere constricta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Cartodere constricta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ a b "Cartodere constricta species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Plaster beetle". Canadian Grain Commission. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "Plaster Beetles". PEI Pest Control -- Division of Orkin Canada. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
Further reading edit
- Rücker, Herausgeber Wolfgang H. "Checklist Latridiidae & Merophysiinae of the World". Latridiidae & Merophysiinae. ISSN 1869-2168.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links edit
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