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

Species Xylopsocus capucinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Xyloperthini
Genus Xylopsocus
Species capucinus (Xylopsocus capucinus)
Explanation of Names
Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabricius 1781)
Size
3-5.5 mm[Cite:185010]
Identification
Forestry Images
Range
native to SE Asia, established in FL (probably arrived via Africa or S America)[Cite:185010](1)(2)
Food
polyphagous[Cite:185010], reared in numbers in FL from dead mangrove limbs(2)
Remarks
damages plants already damaged otherwise (by lightning, etc.)[Cite:185010]
earliest record in our area: FL 1978[Cite:185010]
Internet References
Featured Creatures (Woodruff et al. 2005)[Cite:185010]
Forestry Images - USDA Identification
Works Cited
1.Exotic bark- and wood-boring Coleoptera in the United States: recent establishments and interceptions
Haack R.A. 2006. Can. J. For. Res. 36(2): 269–288.
2.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 November, 2008 - 6:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 October, 2024 - 1:58pm

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