Bostrichidae
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The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species. They are commonly called auger beetles, false powderpost beetles or horned powderpost beetles. The head of most auger beetles cannot be seen from above, as it is downwardly directed and hidden by the thorax. An exception is the powderpost beetle
s from the subfamily Lyctinae.
Bostrychoplites cornutus has large, distinctive thoracic horns, and is found in parts of Africa and Arabia; it is often imported to Europe as larva
e in African wooden bowls ("ethnic souvenirs") .
Species found in Australia
Species found in the United Kingdom
Powderpost beetle
Powderpost beetles are a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae. These beetles, along with spider beetles, death watch beetles, common furniture beetles, skin beetles, and others, make up the superfamily Bostrichoidea. While most woodborers have a...
s from the subfamily Lyctinae.
Bostrychoplites cornutus has large, distinctive thoracic horns, and is found in parts of Africa and Arabia; it is often imported to Europe as larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e in African wooden bowls ("ethnic souvenirs") .
Selected species
This list is incomplete :- Amphicerus cornutusAmphicerus cornutusAmphicerus cornutus is a beetle species in the genus of Amphicerus....
(Pallas, 1772) - Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878)
Species found in Australia
- Dinoderus minutusDinoderus minutusDinoderus minutus is a species of wood-boring beetle....
(Fabricius) - Lyctus brunneusLyctus brunneusLyctus brunneus is a species of beetle in the family Bostrichidae , with a worldwide distribution, being present in tropical Africa, Oceania, the Palearctic , the Nearctic, the Neotropics, North Africa and East Asia. It is absent from the Near East...
(Stephens) - Lyctus discedens BlackburnThomas Blackburn (entomologist)Thomas Blackburn was an English-born Australian entomologist who specialized in the study of beetles.Born near Liverpool, England, Blackburn became interested in entomology in his youth...
- Lyctus parallelocollis Blackburn
- Mesoxylion collaris (Erichson)
- Mesoxylion cylindricus (Macleay)
- Minthea rugicollis (Walker)
- Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) - lesser grain borerLesser grain borerThe lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica, is a cosmopolitan beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is a very destructive primary pest of stored grains.- References :...
- Sinoxylon anale (Lesne)
- Xylion cylindricus Macleay
- Xylobosca bispinosa (Macleay)
- Xylodeleis obsipa Germar
- Xylopsocus gibbicollisXylopsocus gibbicollisXylopsocus gibbicollis, common name "common auger beetle", is a species of beetle of the Bostrichidae family....
(Macleay) - Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval)
- Xylotillus lindi (Blackburn)
Species found in the United Kingdom
- Bostrichus capucinus
- Bostrychoplites cornutusBostrychoplites cornutusBostrychoplites cornutus is a beetle species in the genus Bostrychoplites....
(Olivier, 1790) - Stephanopachys substriatus
- Trogoxylon parallelopipedum
- Lyctus cavicollis
- Lyctus linearis (Goeze, 1877)
- Lyctus planicollisLyctus planicollisLyctus planicollis is a wood-boring beetle in the family Bostrichidae , commonly known as the southern lyctus beetle or lyctid powderpost beetle...
- Lyctus sinensis
External links
- Lucid Fact Sheet
- Heterobostrychus aequalis, an oriental wood borer on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
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Featured Creatures Web site - Lyctus planicollis, southern lyctus beetle on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
/ IFASInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesThe University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...
Featured Creatures Web site - Xylopsocus capucinus, a false powderpost beetle on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
/ IFASInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesThe University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...
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