Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Genus Micrapate

Branch and Twig Borer, family Bostrichidae - Micrapate Micrapate dinoderoides (Horn) - Micrapate dinoderoides Micrapate dinoderoides (Horn) - Micrapate dinoderoides Micrapate dinoderoides (Horn) - Micrapate dinoderoides Micrapate dinoderoides (Horn) - Micrapate dinoderoides Micrapate via Lidngren trap - Micrapate Micrapate via Lidngren trap - Micrapate Micrapate via Lidngren trap - Micrapate
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 Micrapate
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genus in greatest need of revision(1)
Explanation of Names
Micrapate Casey 1898
Numbers
3-4 (rarely collected) spp. in our area (+ several regularly intercepted)(1), >40 spp. total(2)
Size
includes smallest spp. in the tribe(1)
Range
New World, Eurasia, Africa; most diverse in Mexico (many undescribed spp.); in our area, MD-FL, TX, AZ-NV(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.World catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera)
Borowski J., Węgrzynowicz P. 2007. Mantis, Olsztyn, 247 pp.