THE FIRST REPORT OF CIGARETTE BEETLE INFESTATION ON DRIED FISH CRACKERS IN MALAYSIA

Authors

  • Nurul Azmiera Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Sarabjit Singh Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Heo Chong Chin Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Keywords:

cigarette beetles, fish crackers, Lasioderma serricorne, stored products

Abstract

This paper is the first record of cigarette beetles collected from dried fish crackers (also known as “keropok ikan” in Malay) in Malaysia. The dead cigarette beetles were firstly isolated from a packet of dried fish crackers and were subsequently kept in 70% ethanol. The beetles were then identified as Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius, 1972) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). They are common pests of stored products such as tobacco, flour, and cocoa beans but there is lack of records of this beetle infestation on dried fish crackers in Malaysia.DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JSKM-2020-1801-04

Author Biographies

Nurul Azmiera, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Faculty of Medicine

Sarabjit Singh, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Faculty of Medicine

Heo Chong Chin, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Institute of Pathology, Laboratory and Forensic Medicine (I-PPerForM)

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Published

2020-03-12

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Parasitology

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