Bostrichidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Bostrichiformia
Superfamilia: Bostrichoidea

Familia: Bostrichidae
Subfamiliae: Bostrichinae - Dinoderinae - Dysidinae - Euderiinae - Lyctinae - Polycaoninae - Psoinae
[subfamiliae after Lawrence, Beutel, Leschen & Ślipiński (2010: 5)]
Overview of genera

Coccographis – Dinoderus – Lyctus – Prostephanus – Protapate – Rhyzopertha – Sinoxylon – †Discoclavata – ...
Name

Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802
Synonyms

Lyctidae

References

ZooBank
Borowski, J.; Węgrzynowicz, P. 2007: World catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Mantis Publishing, Olsztyn. ISBN 9788392618218 [not seen]
Ivie, M.A. 2002: 69. BOSTRICHIDAE Latreille 1802. Pp. 233-244 in: Arnett, R.H.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.) American Beetles, Volume II. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. Print ISBN 9780849309540 eBook ISBN 9781420041231 DOI: 10.1201/9781420041231.ch3
Ivie, M.A. 2010: Additions and corrections to Borowski and Węgrzynowicz’s world catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa, 2498: 28–46. Preview
Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
Latreille, P.A. 1807: Genera crustaceorum et insectorum: secundum ordinem natrualem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Argentorati: Amand Koenig. Internet Archive BHL
Lawrence, J.F. 2010: 6.3. Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 209-217 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Lawrence, J.F.; Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B.; Ślipiński, A. 2010: 1. Changes in classification and list of families and subfamilies. Pp. 1-7 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 320
Sittichaya, W.; Beaver, R.A.; Liu, L.-y.; Ngampongsai, A. 2009: An illustrated key to powder post beetles (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae) associated with rubberwood in Thailand, with new records and a checklist of species found in Southern Thailand. ZooKeys, 26: 33–51. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.26.88

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Bostrichidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of the family Bostrichidae of Russia
EoL

Vernacular names
беларуская: Ілжэкараеды
Deutsch: Bohrkäfer
English: false powderpost beetles
日本語: ナガシンクイムシ科
lietuvių: Gaubtavabaliai
русский: Капюшонники
Türkçe: Odundelengiller
українська: Каптурники
中文: 長蠹蟲科

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.
Dinoderus brevis

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]

The fossil record of the family extends to the Cretaceous, with the oldest records being from the Cenomanian aged Charentese and Burmese ambers, belonging to the extant genus Stephanopachys[2] and the extant subfamilies Dinoderinae[3] and Polycaoninae.[4]

Selected species

This list is incomplete:[5]

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

Heterobostrychus aequalis larva
Discoclavata dominicana†Poinar Jr, 2013[6]

References

Walker, Ken (2006-11-23). "Auger beetle Bostrychoplites cornutus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Bostrichinae)". Pest and Diseases Image Library. Archived from the original on 2007-09-09.
Delclòs, Xavier; Soriano, Carmen; Perrichot, Vincent (2014-03-31). "The earliest occurrence and remarkable stasis of the family Bostrichidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) in Cretaceous Charentes amber". Palaeontologia Electronica. 17 (1): 1–8. doi:10.26879/408. ISSN 1094-8074.
Legalov, Andrei A. (December 2018). "New auger beetle (Coleoptera; Bostrichidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 92: 210–213. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.014. ISSN 0195-6671.
Legalov, Andrei A.; Háva, Jiří (December 2020). "The first record of subfamily Polycaoninae (Coleoptera; Bostrichidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 116: 104620. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104620. ISSN 0195-6671.
"Bostrichidae". CSIRO. 2004-11-11.

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. S2CID 86040146.

Bibliography

Borowski, Jerzy; Węgrzynowicz, Piotr (2012). The Powderpost Beetles of the World (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Keys for the Identification of Species, Volume 1. Mantis. ISBN 9788362860036.