Genus Amphicerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Amphicerus cornutus (Pallas) - Amphicerus cornutus

Amphicerus simplex? - Amphicerus simplex

Powderpost Bostrichid - Amphicerus cornutus

Modesto-0BG.J.2020.23 - 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

Contributed by Sean McCann on 7 December, 2006 - 6:25am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 December, 2012 - 9:57am

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