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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Bostrichinae » Bostrichini » Lichenophanes

Genus Lichenophanes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Bostrichidae - Lichenophanes bicornis Lichenophanes bicornis (Weber) - Lichenophanes bicornis Horned powder-post beetle - Lichenophanes bicornis Lichenophanes californicus Bostrichidae - Lichenophanes truncaticollis Beetle - Lichenophanes bicornis Horned Powder-post Beetle - Lichenophanes truncaticollis Bostrichidae - Lichenophanes bicornis
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
Explanation of Names
Lichenophanes Lesne 1899
Numbers
8 spp. listed to occur in our area(1), >40 total(2)
Range
Eurasia, Africa, and the New World; in our area, e.NA (north to QC‒MB) and sw.US(1)
Habitat
relatively common in mesic areas(1)
Remarks
The presence of L. spectabilis in the US needs confirmation. (The type labelled "California" may well refer to a Mexican location)
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 Phillip Harpootlian on 29 June, 2005 - 11:45am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 21 June, 2024 - 5:29pm

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