Bostrichidae

Bostrichidae Amphicerus cornutus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Superfamily: Bostrichoidea Family: Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 Subfamilies Bostrichinae Dinoderinae Dysidinae Euderiinae Lyctinae Polycaoninae Psoinae 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. Exceptions are the powderpost beetles (subfamily Lyctinae), and members of the subfamily Psoinae.

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") .

Selected species

This list is incomplete :

• Amphicerus cornutus (Pallas, 1772)
• Apate terebrans (Pallas, 1772)
• Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878)

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

• Bostrichus capucinus
• Bostrychoplites cornutus (Olivier, 1790)
• Stephanopachys substriatus
• Trogoxylon parallelopipedum
• Lyctus cavicollis
• Lyctus linearis (Goeze, 1877)
• Lyctus planicollis
• Lyctus sinensis

Fossil species

• Discoclavata dominicana†Poinar Jr, 2013

External links

• Lucid Fact Sheet
• Heterobostrychus aequalis, an oriental wood borer on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Lyctus planicollis, southern lyctus beetle on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Xylopsocus capucinus, a false powderpost beetle on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site