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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Polycaoninae » Polycaon » Black Polycaon (Polycaon stoutii)

Species Polycaon stoutii - Black Polycaon

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)
Subfamily Polycaoninae
Genus Polycaon
Species stoutii (Black Polycaon)
Explanation of Names
Polycaon stoutii (LeConte 1853)
Named after Dr. A.B. Stout, a friend of LeConte's, who provided him with the first specimen
Size
10‒23 mm(1)
Range
BC‒CA‒AZ(1)
Remarks
comes to lights; rarely a pest(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 24 May, 2005 - 8:46am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, Brady Richards
Last updated 27 February, 2024 - 10:53pm

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