Bostrichidae

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Bostrichidae
Amphicerus cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Superfamily: Bostrichoidea Family: Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802
Diversity
c. 700 species
Species
See text.

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 beetles 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 larvae in African wooden bowls ("ethnic souvenirs") ^[1].

[edit] Species

This list is incomplete ^[2]:

• Amphicerus cornutus (Say)
• Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878)

Species found in Australia

• Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius)
• Heterobostrychus aequalis (Waterhouse)
• Lyctus brunneus (Stephens)
• Lyctus discedens Blackburn
• Lyctus parallelocollis Blackburn
• Mesoxylion collaris (Erichson)
• Mesoxylion cylindricus (Macleay)
• Minthea rugicollis (Walker)
• Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) - lesser grain borer
• Sinoxylon anale (Lesne)
• Xylion cylindricus Macleay
• Xylobosca bispinosa (Macleay)
• Xylodeleis obsipa Germar
• Xylopsocus gibbicollis (Macleay)
• Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval)
• Xylotillus lindi (Blackburn)

Species found in the United Kingdom

• Bostrichus capucinus
• Bostrychoplites cornutus
• Stephanopachys substriatus
• Trogoxylon parallelopipedum
• Lyctus cavicollis
• Lyctus linearis (Goeze, 1877)
• Lyctus planicollis
• Lyctus sinensis

[edit] References

1. ^ Ken Walker (2006-11-23). Auger beetle Bostrychoplites cornutus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Bostrichinae). Pest and Diseases Image Library.
2. ^ Bostrichidae. CSIRO (2004-11-11).