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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Dinoderinae » Bamboo Post-powder Beetles (Dinoderus) » Japanese Shot-Hole Borer (Dinoderus japonicus)

Species Dinoderus japonicus - Japanese Shot-Hole Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Dinoderus japonicus Dinoderus japonicus
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 Dinoderinae
Genus Dinoderus (Bamboo Post-powder Beetles)
Species japonicus (Japanese Shot-Hole Borer)
Explanation of Names
Dinoderus japonicus Lesne 1895
Range
native to E Asia, adventive in NA ()
Remarks
our only representative of the subgenus Dinoderastes Lesne 1914, that contains a total of 4 spp.(1)
Works Cited
1.World catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera)
Borowski J., Węgrzynowicz P. 2007. Mantis, Olsztyn, 247 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 19 February, 2014 - 12:26pm
Last updated 19 February, 2014 - 6:10pm

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