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Species Heterobostrychus hamatipennis - Chinese Auger Beetle

Heterobostrychus hamatipennis Lesne - Heterobostrychus hamatipennis - male beetle in false ceiling - 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
Species hamatipennis (Chinese Auger Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Heterobostrychus hamatipennis (Lesne 1895)
Size
9-16 mm(1)
Range
native to so. Asia, introduced from India into NC and then FL; established in se. FL(2)(3)
Food
has a wide host range: 16 genera listed in (2)
Life Cycle
breeds mainly in logs and branch wood(2)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NC before 1988(3)
Internet References
Fact sheet (Walker 2006)(1)
Works Cited
1.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
2.Heterobostrychus hamatipennis Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) new to Florida
R. Beiriger. 2010. Insecta Mundi 0138: 1-5.
3.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 20 November, 2008 - 8:53am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2021 - 4:28pm

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