title: Boxwood Borer Heterobostrychus brunneus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) Infesting Dried Cassava: A Current Record from Southern Ethiopia.
abstract: Insect specimens of adult beetles and larvae of 7-9 and 9-10 mm length, respectively were collected from infested dry cassava at two locations from multiple stores in southern Ethiopia. The specimens were identified as Heterobostrychus brunneus (Murray, 1867) commonly known as boxwood borer and auger beetle. The study presents a current record of H. brunneus in Ethiopia, particularly in the context of infesting food products. Additionally, a wide geographical distribution of the pest was reviewed and presented in this article. Current evidence suggests that H. brunneus is a serious pest of forest wood, structural timbers, and dried food products and that it carries a risk to be introduced into various other parts of the world via global trade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstrasse 1a, Witzenhausen 37213, Germany aditya.parmar@daad-alumni.de.
authors.forename: Aditya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstrasse 1a, Witzenhausen 37213, Germany.
authors.forename: Sascha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, Kassel 34132, Germany.
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Langguth
authors.affiliation: Department of Agronomy and Crop Science, Humboldt University Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer Weg 5, Berlin 14195, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Döring
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstrasse 1a, Witzenhausen 37213, Germany.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hensel
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D005002:Ethiopia; D020387:Food Chain; D005518:Food Preferences; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D002365:Manihot
keywords: COI; Cassava; Ethiopia; Heterobostrychus brunneus