Genus Heterobostrychus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Small Beetle - Heterobostrychus aequalis

beetle in false ceiling - Heterobostrychus hamatipennis

Florida Beetle for ID - Heterobostrychus hamatipennis

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 Heterobostrychus

Explanation of Names

Heterobostrychus Lesne 1899

Numbers

3 spp. (all adventive) in our area, 6 spp. total(1)

Size

10‒15 mm(1)

Identification

key to spp. in (1)

Range

native to the warmer areas of the Old World; 3 spp. established in the US (FL & CA)(1)

Works Cited

1.	Heterobostrychus hamatipennis Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) new to Florida Beiriger R. 2010. Insecta Mundi 0138: 1‒5.

Contributed by Ken Schneider on 19 November, 2008 - 11:10am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 August, 2024 - 5:10pm

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