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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Bostrichinae » Bostrichini » Amphicerus » Powderpost Bostrichid (Amphicerus cornutus)

Species Amphicerus cornutus - Powderpost Bostrichid

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Amphicerus cornutus Pallas - Amphicerus cornutus - male

Amphicerus cornutus (Pallas) - Amphicerus cornutus - female

Branch-and-Twig Borer - Amphicerus cornutus

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 Bostrichinae

Tribe Bostrichini

Genus Amphicerus

Species cornutus (Powderpost Bostrichid)

Other Common Names

Western Twig Borer(1)

Explanation of Names

Amphicerus cornutus (Pallas 1772)

cornutus (L). 'horned' (2)

Size

8-13 mm

Identification

Strong sexual dimorphism. Male with four dentiform projections on declivity,

and pronotum with concave front margin, edges pronounced by spine (cornute);

Female with elytral declivity simple, pronotum truncate apically.

Range

s. CA to TX, s. FL / W. Indies / Mex. to Brazil / Hawaii - Map (3)(4)(5)

Food

Mesquite - Prosopis(3)

Remarks

comes to lights

See Also

Micrapate dinoderoides (Horn)

- Range: southmost TX, AZ

Det. V. Belov, 2010

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Beetles of California Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	A revision of the North American species of beetles belonging to the family Bostrichidae. W.S. Fisher. 1950. United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publications No. 168: 1-157.

4.	A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 November, 2008 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 23 November, 2021 - 10:11am

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