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Species Lyctus linearis - European Powderpost Beetle

Lyctus linearis
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)
Tribe Lyctini
Genus Lyctus
Species linearis (European Powderpost Beetle)
Other Common Names
European Lyctus Beetle
Explanation of Names
Lyctus linearis (Goeze 1777)
Size
2.5-5 mm(1)
Identification
native to w. Palaearctic (now cosmopolitan), adventive in NA; in our area, throughout the US (common) & e. Canada(1)(2)(3)
Habitat
commonly encountered in commercial hardwood products, especially in seasoned hickory, oak, ash, and walnut(4)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: IA 1896(1)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.
3.Coleoptera Poloniae
4.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
Contributed by v belov on 7 February, 2014 - 3:07pm
Last updated 25 February, 2014 - 5:30pm

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