Coleoptera76 species

Family Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae)

Bostrichidae is a family in the order Coleoptera. Browse 76 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Bostrichidae (76)

Grape Cane Borer Beetle

Amphicerus bimaculatus

Identification: With dense white tomentum laterally in basal half of pronotum, otherwise in flecks and more golden; reminds of Lichenophanes spp

Powderpost Bostrichid

Amphicerus cornutus

Identification: Strong sexual dimorphism. Male with four dentiform projections on declivity, and pronotum with concave front margin, edges cornute Female: elytral declivity simple, pronotum truncate apically comes to lights

Amphicerus simplex

Identification: Elytra at base slightly narrower than pronotum at middle, truncate at base, without tubercles or callosities on apical declivity ; sutural margins strongly elevated on apical declivity; sides slightly expanded posteriorly, conjointly

Dendrobiella sericans

Identification: Forestry Images Det. V. Belov, 2014 Type locality: Ringgold Barracks, Starr Co., Texas

Bamboo Powderpost Beetle

Dinoderus minutus

A pest of bamboo, cane, and sometimes dry stored foods ; dried bamboo usually not attacked

Boxwood Borer

Heterobostrychus brunneus

common in Africa where it is often a pest in debarked logs and in timber used in floors/roof

Lichenophanes arizonicus

Identification: In this species, and L. mutchleri , the antennae count 9 segments instead the usual 10. Pronotum with anteriour declivity spiniform on each side as in L. bicornis , but elytra without basal tubercle, or costae.

Lichenophanes fasciculatus

Might be a synonym of of the Mexican L. penicillatus (Lesne, 1895). Considerations found on iNaturalist

Lichenophanes mutchleri

Identification: antenna 9-segmented (also in L. arizonicus ), vs the usual 10

African Powderpost Beetle

Lyctus africanus

Identification: native to Africa or the Neotropics, now cosmopolitan, get readily established; in our area: NY-FL-AL + WA-CA ; "may be endemic and restricted to the Oriental and Ethiopian regions" earliest record in our area: DC 1898

Brown Powderpost Beetle

Lyctus brunneus

Brown Powderpost Beetle (Lyctus brunneus) is a species in the family Bostrichidae, commonly known as horned powder-post beetles, belonging to the order Coleoptera (Beetles). It is classified within the subfamily Lyctinae, tribe Lyctini, suborder Poly

European Powderpost Beetle

Lyctus linearis

Identification: native to w. Palaearctic (now cosmopolitan), adventive in NA; in our area, throughout the US (common) & e. Canada earliest record in our area: IA 1896

Melalgus plicatus

Identification: "Very distinct by peculiar sculpture of the [male's] elytra. The grooves extend about one-fourth the width of the elytra, and are wider than the interspaces between them, and very deep; they are from twelve to fifteen in number; the p

Hairy Powderpost Beetle

Minthea rugicollis

Identification: Trachodes hispidus earliest record in our area: PA 1929

Prostephanus punctatus

Prostephanus punctatus (Prostephanus punctatus) is a species in the family Bostrichidae, commonly known as horned powder-post beetles, belonging to the order Coleoptera (Beetles). It is classified within the subfamily Dinoderinae, suborder Polyphaga,

Larger Grain Borer

Prostephanus truncatus

is a pest in Central America and Africa; can survive for long periods in wooden bins and in cobs and stalks of maize

Psoa quadrisignata

Identification: comes in a huge variety of colors (red, yellow, light brown, black) and patterns on the elytra (Joyce Gross, 3.xii.2006)

Lesser Grain Borer

Rhyzopertha dominica

Commonly infests flour, macaroni, beans, chickpeas, seeds, edible bulbs, grains, sometimes wood; damage can be considerable because adults and larvae feed on the surface and interior of grains. Adults readily fly. ( 4 )

Lead Cable Borer

Scobicia declivis

Identification: Forestry Images may attack newly painted houses, wine casks, hardwood paneling, and flooring. Attacks on asphalt roofing and lead cables may be linked to local forest fires, particularly in stands of oak, where the beetle occurs in la

Stephanopachys rugosus

Stephanopachys rugosus is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is found in Africa, Australia, and North America.

Tetrapriocera longicornis

Tetrapriocera longicornis (Tetrapriocera longicornis) is a species in the family Bostrichidae, commonly known as horned powder-post beetles, belonging to the order Coleoptera (Beetles). It is classified within the subfamily Bostrichinae, tribe Xylope

Trogoxylon aequale

Identification: dorsal pubescence fine/silky, vertex without tubercle, postclypeal and frontal lobes not strongly reflexed, pronotum quadrate, acutely rounded prothoracic anterior angles

Velvety Powderpost Beetle

Trogoxylon parallelipipedum

Identification: anterior pronotal angles prominent, acute; post-clypeus rounded, depressed; antennal club abruptly expanded Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012

Red-shouldered Bostrichid

Xylobiops basilaris

Identification: Forest Images - Dorsal elytra without distinct pubescence, and the yellow and black or brown areas conspicuously separated; inner two pairs of tubercles along anterior margins of apical declivity of elytra acute or spinose at apices a

Xylobiops parilis

Identification: Forestry Images - Dorsal elytra without distinct pubescence, and the yellow and black or brown areas conspicuously separated , inner two pairs of tubercles along anterior margins of apical declivity of elytra not spinose at apices, an

Xylobiops sextuberculatus

Identification: Forest Images - Dorsal elytra with distinct pubescence (except basally), and the light and dark-brown areas not conspicuously separated , apical declivity of elytra not, or very finely, punctured; front of head with four to six small

Texas Brown-shouldered Bostrichid

Xylobiops texanus

Identification: Forest Images - Dorsal elytra with distinct pubescence (except basally), the light and dark-brown areas not conspicuously separated , apical declivity of elytra sparsely, coarsely punctured; front of head usually with two median tuber

Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus

Identification: Forestry Images - apical tubercles mamilliform, rarely acute, but not spinose Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013 Type locality: Cape San Lucas, Lower California