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

Subfamily Bostrichinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Lichenophanes mutchleri Belkin - Lichenophanes mutchleri Horned Powder-post Beetle - Lichenophanes bicornis - female Beetle 05.27.2009 061 - Lichenophanes bicornis Unknown Beetle - Amphicerus cornutus should be Lichenophanes bicornis ? - Lichenophanes bicornis Dendrobiella aspera? - Dendrobiella aspera Amphicerus - Amphicerus bicaudatus Apatides fortis? - Apatides fortis
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
the tribes Apatini and Dinapatini are treated here in(1) but as a separate subfamily (Apatinae) in(2)
Numbers
56 genera in 3 tribes worldwide(2) (or 61 genera in 5 tribes if Apatini and Dinapatini are included)
Range
worldwide
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 5 December, 2008 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 December, 2012 - 12:19pm

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