European lyctus beetle
European lyctus beetle | |
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European lyctus beetle | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Bostrichidae |
Subfamily: | Lyctinae |
Genus: | Lyctus |
Species: | L. linearis |
Binomial name | |
Lyctus linearis (Goeze, 1877) | |
Wikispecies has information related to: European lyctus beetle |
European lyctus beetle (Lyctus linearis) is a wood-boring beetle in the family Bostrichidae (formerly in the family Lyctidae, which is now a subfamily of Bostrichidae). The larvae of this beetle live primarily in dry trunks of oak.