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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Powder-post Beetles (Lyctinae) » Trogoxylon » Velvety Powderpost Beetle (Trogoxylon parallelipipedum)

Species Trogoxylon parallelipipedum - Velvety Powderpost Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

elongate big-eyed prognathous beetle - Trogoxylon parallelipipedum

another small brown beetle - Trogoxylon parallelipipedum

Velvety Powderpost Beetle - Trogoxylon parallelipipedum

T. parallelipipedum - Trogoxylon parallelipipedum

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 Lyctinae (Powder-post Beetles)

Genus Trogoxylon

Species parallelipipedum (Velvety Powderpost Beetle)

Other Common Names

Parallel Powderpost Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Trogoxylon parallelopipedum (Melsheimer 1846)

Size

2.0–4.2 mm(1)

Identification

anterior pronotal angles prominent, acute; post-clypeus rounded, depressed; antennal club abruptly expanded(2)

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012

Range

e NA, native to Eurasia - Map (1)(3)(4)(5)

Season

mostly: May-June (BG data)

Food

seasoned hardwood timber; has also been found boring into the trunks of living honey-locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)(4); can infest bamboo(6)

Life Cycle

Overwinters as larvae; adults emerge and lay eggs in spring. Adults of the second generation emerge in late summer or fall. Development is completed in 4–5 months in recently sawed logs.(6)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Walker 2011)(1)

Works Cited

1.	PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity

2.	A revision of the New World species of powder-post beetles belonging to the family Lyctidae. Gerberg, E.J. 1957. USDA Technical Bulletin 1157: 1–55.

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

4.	The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia) C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 June, 2006 - 6:10pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 March, 2023 - 7:10pm

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