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Genus Amphicerus

Amphicerus cornutus (Pallas) - Amphicerus cornutus Amphicerus cornutus Amphicerus cornutus (Pallas) - Amphicerus cornutus Amphicerus simplex? - Amphicerus simplex Mojave-17 - Amphicerus cornutus Powderpost Bostrichid - Amphicerus cornutus Modesto-0BG.J.2020.23 - Amphicerus cornutus Amphicerus cornutus
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 Bostrichinae
Tribe Bostrichini
Genus Amphicerus
Explanation of Names
Amphicerus LeConte 1861
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 15 spp. total(1)
Range
Eurasia and the New World; in our area, widespread (north to NT, but none in the Pacific Northwest)(1); only A. bicaudatus ranges into Canada(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.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska