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Genus Prostephanus

Horned powder-post beetle (Bostrichid) - Prostephanus punctatus

Dark, cylindrical beetle - Prostephanus punctatus

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 Dinoderinae

Genus Prostephanus

Explanation of Names

Prostephanus Lesne 1898

Greek 'front[al]' + 'crown'

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1), 5 total(2)

Range

Throughout the eastern forests and n. Mexico(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.

Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 30 April, 2007 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah
Last updated 5 December, 2012 - 10:55am

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