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Genus Xyloblaptus

Bostrichidae from Palo verde logs - Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus

Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus (LeConte) - Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus

Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus? - Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus - female

Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus? - Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus

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 Xyloblaptus

Explanation of Names

Xyloblaptus Lesne 1901

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 3 spp. total(1)

Range

sw. US (TX-CA) to Costa Rica(1)

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.

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 26 March, 2009 - 4:38pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 December, 2012 - 2:08pm

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