Bostrichidae

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Bostrichidae
Amphicerus cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Bostrichidae
Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies
Diversity
About 700 species

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]

Selected species

This list is incomplete :[2]

Species found in Australia
  • Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius)
  • 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
Fossil species
  • Discoclavata dominicanaPoinar Jr, 2013[3]

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. 
  3. Poinar Jr, George (2013). "Discoclavata dominicana n. gen., n. sp., (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Lissantauga epicrana n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ecumenidae) in Dominican amber". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 25 (1): 107–113. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.712518. 

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