Species Lyctus opaculus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Lyctus opaculus LeConte, 1866 - Lyctus opaculus

Lyctus opaculus LeConte - Lyctus opaculus

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 opaculus (Lyctus opaculus)

Explanation of Names

Lyctus opaculus LeConte 1866

opaculus - Latin for 'shaded, dull' (1)

Size

3.5-5 mm (2)

Range

CO-NC-MA-ON (2)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1866. New species of North American Coleoptera. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1 (concluded). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6: 87-168.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	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.

Contributed by Nicolas Gompel on 5 February, 2008 - 4:07pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 17 April, 2014 - 9:38am

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