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

Nurul Azmiera, Sarabjit Singh, Heo Chong Chin

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


Keywords


cigarette beetles, fish crackers, Lasioderma serricorne, stored products

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