Species Lichenophanes bicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Lichenophanes

Species bicornis (Lichenophanes bicornis)

Explanation of Names

Lichenophanes bicornis (Weber 1801)

bicornis 'two-horned'

Size

7‒12 mm(1)

Range

e.NA (NS‒ON‒MN to FL‒TX)(2)(3)

Habitat

Larvae in dead twigs/branches of hardwoods(1)

Remarks

common at lights

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

3.	Checklist of the beetles of Maine, USA Majka C.G., Chandler D.S., Donahue C.P. 2011. Empty Mirrors Press, Halifax. 328 pp.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 9 January, 2008 - 4:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah, Marci Hess
Last updated 26 April, 2025 - 2:45pm

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