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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) » 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
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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 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)
Range
e NA, native to Eurasia(1)(3)(4)
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(5)
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.(5)
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.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 15 August, 2020 - 6:36pm

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