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Tribe Xyloperthini

Xylobiops basilaris Dendrobiella sericans (LeConte) - Dendrobiella sericans Red-shouldered Bostrichid - Xylobiops basilaris Scobicia suturalis Little Bostrichid.... - Xylobiops sextuberculatus Beetle - Xylobiops basilaris Horned Powder-post Beetle - Xylobiops basilaris Scobicia from Lindgren Trap - Scobicia
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 Xyloperthini
Explanation of Names
Xyloperthini Lesne 1921
Numbers
large tribe, with 7 genera in our area (+some regularly intercepted)(1) and 34 genera worldwide(2)
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.