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Species Polycaon stoutii - Black Polycaon

Which beetle is this? - Polycaon stoutii

Beetle ID request-California - Polycaon stoutii

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Bostrichoidea (Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles)

Family Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)

Subfamily Polycaoninae

Genus Polycaon

Species stoutii (Black Polycaon)

Explanation of Names

Polycaon stoutii (LeConte 1853)

Named after Dr. A.B. Stout, a friend of LeConte's, who provided him with the first specimen

Size

10-23 mm(1)

Range

BC-CA-AZ(1)

Remarks

comes to lights; rarely a pest(1)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Beetles of California Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 24 May, 2005 - 8:46am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, Brady Richards
Last updated 9 July, 2017 - 7:31pm

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