Dermestes ater | UK Overseas Territories database of Alien Species

DeGeer, 1774

Arthropoda » Coleoptera » Curculionidae » Dermestes ater

Common name

Black Larder Beetle

Informal group

Insects

Territories

Saint Helena

Establishment status detail

?Extinct (St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.);

First record (range end date)

0

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Impact detail

Invasive. (St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.);

Impacts

Strong negative

Socio-economic impacts

Storehouses or domestic. (St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.);

Other notes

Native to North America and Hawaii but spread all around the world by man. (St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.); No valid records known.

References

Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury; St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.;