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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles (Bostrichoidea) » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Bostrichinae » Xyloperthini » Xylobiops

Genus Xylobiops

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Red-shouldered Bostrichid - Xylobiops basilaris Horned powder-post beetle - Xylobiops basilaris Red-shouldered Bostrichid Beetle - Xylobiops basilaris Red-shouldered Bostrichid - Xylobiops basilaris Red-shouldered Bostrichid - Xylobiops basilaris beetle, rusty shoulder patches - Xylobiops basilaris Coleoptera - Xylobiops basilaris Beetle - Xylobiops basilaris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Bostrichoidea (Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles)
Family Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)
Subfamily Bostrichinae
Tribe Xyloperthini
Genus Xylobiops
Explanation of Names
Xylobiops Casey 1898
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 5 total(1)
Range
ON-MT to FL-CA to Venezuela(1)(2)
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.A revision of the North American species of beetles belonging to the family Bostrichidae.
W.S. Fisher. 1950. United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publications No. 168: 1-157.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 September, 2005 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 17 February, 2014 - 1:27pm

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