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Species Lyctus caribeanus

Lyctus caribeanus Lyctus caribeanus
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 Lyctinae (Powder-post Beetles)
Tribe Lyctini
Genus Lyctus
Species caribeanus (Lyctus caribeanus)
Explanation of Names
Lyctus caribeanus Lesne 1931
Size
2-3.2 mm(1)
Range
native to Mesoamerica & the Antilles, adventive in NA (NY)(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NY 1937(1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the New World species of powder-post beetles belonging to the family Lyctidae.
Gerberg, E.J. 1957. USDA Technical Bulletin 1157: 1–55.