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Checklist for Family Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 (Auger beetles)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
146
11745
86825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
125
10691
74394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bostrichiformia
Forbes, 1926
3
179
997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bostrichoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carpet Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Powder-post Beetles
3
179
997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBostrichidae
Latreille, 1802
Auger beetles, Bostrichid beetles, Branch and twig borers
53
293
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
53 Genera with 293 Species
#ABCDEHLMPRSTX
Acantholyctus Lesne, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Amintinus Anon., 19389SpeciesTaxom
Amphicerus Guérin-Ménev..., 17903SpeciesTaxom
Apate Fabricius, 177217SpeciesTaxom
Bostrichus Geoffroy, 177539SpeciesTaxom
Bostrycharis Lesne, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Bostrychoplites Lesne, 186714SpeciesTaxom
Bostrychopsis Lesne, 190511SpeciesTaxom
Calodectes Lesne, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Calodrypta Lesne, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Calopertha Lesne, 18814SpeciesTaxom
Dendrobiella Casey, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Dinoderopsis Lesne, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Dinoderus Stephens, 1923Bamboo Post-powder Beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Discoclavata Poinar, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Dominikia Borowski & W..., 190511SpeciesTaxom
Enneadesmus Mulsant, 179514SpeciesTaxom
Heterobostrychus Lesne, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Heteropsoa Lesne, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Lichenophanes Lesne, 192524SpeciesTaxom
Lycthoplites Lesne, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Lyctoderma Lesne, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Lyctopsis Lesne, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Lyctoxylon Reitter, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Lyctus Fabricius, 18886SpeciesTaxom
Melalgus Dejean, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Mesoxylion Vrydagh, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Micrapate Casey, 18598SpeciesTaxom
Minthea Pascoe, 1858Tropical Powderpost Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Phonapate Lesne, 19006SpeciesTaxom
Plioxylion Vrydagh, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Prostephanus Lesne, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Psoa Herbst, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Rhizopertha Agassiz & Er..., 17921SpeciesTaxom
Rhyzopertha Stephens, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Scobicia Lesne, 18015SpeciesTaxom
Sinoxylon Duftschmid, 189523SpeciesTaxom
Stenomera Lucas, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Stephanopachys C. O. Waterh..., 17953SpeciesTaxom
Tetrapriocera Horn, 17951SpeciesTaxom
Trogoxylon J.L.LeConte, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Xylion Lesne, 192310SpeciesTaxom
Xylionopsis Lesne, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Xylionulus Lesne, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Xylobiops Casey, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Xyloblaptus Lesne, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Xylomedes Lesne, 19085SpeciesTaxom
Xylomeira Lesne, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Xylopertha Guérin-Ménev..., 17902SpeciesTaxom
Xyloperthella Fisher, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Xyloperthodes Lesne, 195917SpeciesTaxom
Xylopsocus Lesne, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Xylothrips Lesne, 18352SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
293 Species
Acantholyctus cornifrons Lesne, 1898
Acantholyctus semiermis Lesne, 1914
Amintinus aethiopicus Lesne, 1938
Amintinus gardneri Vrydagh, 1959
Amintinus lootensi Damoisem, 1968
Amintinus minutissimus Damoiseau, 1968
Amintinus ruwenzorius Vrydagh, 1955
Amintinus sakalavus Lesne, 1939
Amintinus subtilis Lesne, 1939
Amintinus tennis Lesne, 1938
Amintinus tenuis Lesne, 1938
Amphicerus (Amphicerus) cornutus Pallas, 1772Powderpost beetle
Amphicerus (Caenophrada) anobioides Waterhouse, 1888
Amphicerus (Caenophrada) bimaculatus Olivier, 1790Grape Cane Borer Beetle
Apate bicolor (Fahraeus, 1871)⇒ Mesoxylion collaris Erichson, 1842
Apate bilabiata Lesne, 1909
Apate cephalotes (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Bostrychoplites cornutus Olivier, 1790
Apate congener Gerstäcker, 1855
Apate degener Murray, 1867
Apate ecomata Lesne, 1929
Apate geayi Lesne, 1907
Apate hamatus Fabricius, 1787
Apate indistincta Murray, 1867
Apate lignicolor Fairmaire, 1883
Apate monachus Fabricius, 1775Black borer
Apate raricoma Lesne, 1924
Apate reflexa Lesne, 1909
Apate rufipennis Kirby, 1837
Apate scoparia Lesne, 1909
Apate subcalva Lesne, 1923
Apate terebrans Pallas, 1772Girdler
Bostrichus angustatus (Herbst, 1793)⇒ Xyleborus dryographus Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus areccae (Horn, 1842)⇒ Hypothenemus areccae Hornung, 1842
Bostrichus asperatus Gyllenhal, 1813
Bostrichus autographus (Ratzeburg, 1837)⇒ Dryocoetes autographus Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus bidentatus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Enneadesmus auricomus Reitter, 1898
Bostrichus binodulus Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus bispinus (Duftschmid, 1825)⇒ Xylocleptes bispinus Duftschmid, 1825
Bostrichus capucinus Linnaeus, 1758Capuchin Beetle
Bostrichus carpophagus (Hornung, 1842)⇒ Coccotrypes carpophagus Hornung, 1842
Bostrichus crenatus (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Hylurgops glabratus Zetterstedt, 1828
Bostrichus cristatus Fabricius, 1801
Bostrichus crudiae Panzer, 1791
Bostrichus cylindrus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Platypus cylindrus Fabricius, 1792
Bostrichus dactyliperda (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Coccotrypes dactyliperda Fabricius, 1801
Bostrichus delphinii Rosenhauer, 1856
Bostrichus dryographus (Ratzeburg, 1837)⇒ Xyleborus dryographus Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus euphorbiae (Kuester, 1845)⇒ Thamnurgus euphorbiae Küster, 1845
Bostrichus eurygraphus (Ratzeburg, 1837)⇒ Xyleborus eurygraphus Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus ferrugineus (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Xyleborus ferrugineus Fabricius, 1801
Bostrichus granulatus (Ratzeburg, 1837)⇒ Trypophloeus granulatus Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus interruptus (Mannerheim, 1852)⇒ Ips tridens Wood, 1982
Bostrichus kaltenbachi Bach, 1849
Bostrichus laricis (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Orthotomicus laricis Fabricius, 1792
Bostrichus ligniperda (Herbst, 1793)⇒ Hylurgus ligniperda Fabricius, 1787
Bostrichus lineatus Olivier, 1795
Bostrichus mali (Bechstein Sc..., 1805)⇒ Scolytus mali Bechstein, 1805
Bostrichus monographus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Xyleborus monographus Fabricius, 1792
Bostrichus nitidulus Mannerheim, 1843
Bostrichus parallelus (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Euplatypus parallelus Fabricius, 1801
Bostrichus pfeili Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus piceae (Ratzeburg, 1837)⇒ Cryphalus piceae Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus plumeriae Nordlinger, 1856
Bostrichus pusillus (Gyllenhal, 1813)⇒ Crypturgus pusillus Gyllenhal, 1813
Bostrichus rugulosus (Mueller, W.J., 1818)⇒ Scolytus rugulosus Mueller, 1818
Bostrichus saxeseni Ratzeburg, 1837
Bostrichus varius (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Anthrenus verbasci Linnaeus, 1767
Bostrichus villifrons (Dufour, 1843)⇒ Taphrorychus villifrons Dufour, 1843
Bostrichus villosus (Herbst, 1793)⇒ Dryocoetes villosus villosus Fabricius, 1792
Bostrichus volvulus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Xyleborus volvulus Fabricius, 1775
Bostrycharis niveosquamosus Lesne, 1925
Bostrychoplites armatus Lesne, 1899
Bostrychoplites cornutus Olivier, 1790
Bostrychoplites cylindricus Fahraeus, 1871
Bostrychoplites dicerus Lesne, 1899
Bostrychoplites guineanus Lesne, 1923
Bostrychoplites luniger J. Thomson, 1858
Bostrychoplites megaceros Lesne, 1899
Bostrychoplites normandi Lesne, 1897
Bostrychoplites peltatus Lesne, 1899
Bostrychoplites productus Imhoff, 1843
Bostrychoplites suturalis Lesne, 1931
Bostrychoplites valens Lesne, 1899
Bostrychoplites vernicatus Lesne, 1923
Bostrychoplites zickeli Marseul, 1867
Bostrychopsis bozasi (Lesne, 1913)⇒ Dominikia bozasi Lesne, 1913
Bostrychopsis confossa Fairmaire, 1880
Bostrychopsis crinita (Lesne, 1935)⇒ Dominikia crinita Lesne, 1935
Bostrychopsis delkeskampi (Vrydagh, 1959)⇒ Dominikia delkeskampi Vrydagh, 1959
Bostrychopsis optata (Lesne, 1938)⇒ Dominikia optata Lesne, 1938
Bostrychopsis reichei Marseul, 1867
Bostrychopsis rostrifrons (Lesne, 1923)⇒ Dominikia rostrifrons Lesne, 1923
Bostrychopsis scopula (Lesne, 1923)⇒ Dominikia scopula Lesne, 1923
Bostrychopsis tetraodon Fairmaire, 1883
Bostrychopsis tonsa Imhoff, 1843
Bostrychopsis villosula (Lesne, 1905)⇒ Dominikia villosula Lesne, 1905
Calodectes laniger Lesne, 1906
Calodrypta exarmata Lesne, 1906
Calopertha costatipennis Lesne, 1906
Calopertha kalaharensis Lesne, 1906
Calopertha subretusa Ancey, 1881
Calopertha truncatula Ancey, 1881
Dendrobiella isthmicola Lesne, 1933
Dinoderopsis opimus Lesne, 1938
Dinoderopsis serriger Lesne, 1923
Dinoderus (Dinoderus) bifoveolatus (Wollaston, 1858)⇒ Dinoderus minutus Fabricius, 1775
Dinoderus (Dinoderus) gabonicus Lesne, 1921
Dinoderus (Dinoderus) minutus Fabricius, 1775Bamboo borer
Dinoderus (Dinoderus) oblongopunctatus Lesne, 1923
Dinoderus (Dinoderus) porcellus Lesne, 1923
Discoclavata dominicana G. Poinar, 2013Extinct Species
Dominikia bozasi Lesne, 1913
Dominikia confossa (Fairmaire, 1880)⇒ Bostrychopsis confossa Fairmaire, 1880
Dominikia crinita Lesne, 1935
Dominikia delkeskampi Vrydagh, 1959
Dominikia optata Lesne, 1938
Dominikia reichei (Marseul, 1867)⇒ Bostrychopsis reichei Marseul, 1867
Dominikia rostrifrons Lesne, 1923
Dominikia scopula Lesne, 1923
Dominikia tetraodon (Fairmaire, 1883)⇒ Bostrychopsis tetraodon Fairmaire, 1883
Dominikia tonsa (Imhoff, 1843)⇒ Bostrychopsis tonsa Imhoff, 1843
Dominikia villosula Lesne, 1905
Enneadesmus auricomus Reitter, 1898
Enneadesmus bigranulum Lesne, 1901
Enneadesmus birganulum Lesne, 1901
Enneadesmus crassispina Lesne, 1936
Enneadesmus decorsei Lesne, 1901
Enneadesmus evacanthus Lesne, 1901
Enneadesmus forficula Fairmaire, 1883
Enneadesmus mariae Lesne, 1935
Enneadesmus masculinus Lesne, 1936
Enneadesmus nigritulus Lesne, 1937
Enneadesmus obtusidentata Lesne, 1899
Enneadesmus obtusidentatus Lesne, 1899
Enneadesmus sculptifrons Lesne, 1906
Enneadesmus trispinosus Olivier, 1795
Heterobostrychus aequalis Waterhouse, 1884Black borer
Heterobostrychus brunneus Murray, 1867Boxwood Borer
Heterobostrychus hamatipennis Lesne, 1895Bostrichid beetle
Heterobostrychus unicornis Waterhouse, 1879
Heteropsoa australis Lesne, 1895
Heteropsoa macrops Lesne, 1938
Lichenophanes caudatus Lesne, 1895
Lichenophanes collarti Vrydagh, 1959
Lichenophanes corticeus Lesne, 1908
Lichenophanes egenus Lesne, 1923
Lichenophanes fascicularis Fahraeus, 1871
Lichenophanes funebris Lesne, 1938
Lichenophanes indutus Lesne, 1935
Lichenophanes iniquus Lesne, 1895
Lichenophanes insignita Fairmaire, 1883
Lichenophanes insignitus Fairmaire, 1883
Lichenophanes katanganus Lesne, 1935
Lichenophanes kunckeli Lesne, 1895
Lichenophanes marmoratus Lesne, 1899
Lichenophanes martini Lesne, 1899
Lichenophanes morbillosus Quedenfeldt, 1887
Lichenophanes numida Lesne, 1899
Lichenophanes oberthuri Lesne, 1899
Lichenophanes percristatus Lesne, 1924
Lichenophanes perrieri Lesne, 1899
Lichenophanes tristis Fahraeus, 1871
Lichenophanes varius Illiger, 1801
Lichenophanes verrucosus Gorham, 1883
Lichenophanes weissi Lesne, 1908
Lichenophanes zanzibaricus Lesne, 1925
Lycthoplites armatus Lesne, 1935
Lyctoderma africana Grouvelle, 1900
Lyctoderma africanum Grouvelle, 1900
Lyctoderma testaceum Lesne, 1913
Lyctopsis inquilina Lesne, 1932
Lyctopsis pachymera Lesne, 1911Fringed hibiscus
Lyctopsis scabricollis Lesne, 1911Fringed hibiscus
Lyctoxylon dentatum Pascoe, 1866Oriental Powderpost Beetle
Lyctus africanus Lesne, 1907African Powder Post Beetle
Lyctus brunneus Stephens, 1830Brown Powder-Post Beetle
Lyctus hipposideros Lesne, 1908
Lyctus histeroides (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Cerylon histeroides Fabricius, 1792
Lyctus linearis Goeze, 1777Cosmopolitan powder post beetle
Lyctus parallelocollis Blackburn, 1888Powderpost beetle
Melalgus exesus LeConte, 1858Berg-salmon gill worm
Mesoxylion collaris Erichson, 1842Particoloured auger beetle
Micrapate albertiana Lesne, 1943
Micrapate kiangana Lesne, 1935
Micrapate neglecta Lesne, 1906
Micrapate puberula Lesne, 1906
Micrapate schoudeteni Lesne, 1935
Micrapate schoutedeni Lesne, 1935
Micrapate straeleni Vrydagh, 1954
Micrapate xyloperthoides Jacquelin du..., 1859
Minthea apicata Lesne, 1935
Minthea obsita Wollaston, 1867
Minthea rugicollis Walker, 1858Hairy powder-post beetle
Phonapate andriana Lesne, 1909
Phonapate densoana Lesne, 1934
Phonapate discreta Lesne, 1906
Phonapate madecassa Lesne, 1899
Phonapate nitidipennis Waterhouse, 1881
Phonapate porrecta Lesne, 1900
Plioxylion plurispinis Lesne, 1895
Prostephanus truncatus G. Horn, 1878Auger beetle
Psoa dubia Rossi, 1792
Rhizopertha dominica Fabricius, 1792
Rhyzopertha dominica Fabricius, 1792American wheat weevil
Scobicia barbata Wollaston, 1860
Scobicia barbifrons Wollaston, 1864
Scobicia chevrieri A. Villa & G..., 1835
Scobicia ficicola Wollaston, 1865
Scobicia pustulata Fabricius, 1801
Sinoxylon angolense Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon bellicosum Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon brazzai Lesne, 1895
Sinoxylon cafrum Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon ceratoniae Linnaeus, 1758Auger beetle
Sinoxylon cuneolus Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon divaricatum Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon doliolum Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon epipleurale Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon erasicauda Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon lesnei Vrydagh, 1955
Sinoxylon muricatum Linnaeus, 1767
Sinoxylon perforans Schrank, 1798Vine Borer
Sinoxylon ruficorne Faharaeus, 1871
Sinoxylon rufobasale Fairmaire, 1888
Sinoxylon senegalense Karsch, 1881
Sinoxylon sexdentatum (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Sinoxylon muricatum Linnaeus, 1767
Sinoxylon succisum Lesne, 1895
Sinoxylon sudanicum Lesne, 1895Fig stem-boring beetle
Sinoxylon transvaalense Lesne, 1895
Sinoxylon unidentatum Fabricius, 1801Conifer Auger Beetle
Sinoxylon verrugerum Lesne, 1906
Sinoxylon villosum Lesne, 1895
Stenomera blanchardi Lucas, 1850
Stenomera blanchardii Lucas, 1850
Stephanopachys brunneus Wollaston, 1862
Stephanopachys quadricollis Fairmaire, 1878
Stephanopachys rugosus Olivier, 1795
Tetrapriocera longicornis Olivier, 1795
Trogoxylon aequale Wollaston, 1867Powderpost beetle
Trogoxylon impressum Comolli, 1837
Xylion (Mesoxylion) cylindricus W. J. MacLeay, 1872Cylindrical auger beetle
Xylion adustus Fahraeus, 1871
Xylion collaris Erichson, 1842
Xylion falcifer Lesne, 1901
Xylion infaticauda Lesne, 1901
Xylion inflaticauda Lesne, 1901
Xylion laceratus Lesne, 1901
Xylion medius Lesne, 1923
Xylion securifer Lesne, 1901
Xylion senegambianus Lesne, 1923
Xylionopsis browni Vrydagh, 1959
Xylionopsis matruelis Damoisseau, 1968
Xylionopsis urkerewana Lesne, 1937
Xylionulus epigrus Lesne, 1906
Xylionulus maynei Basilewsky, 1954
Xylionulus pusillus Fahraeus, 1871
Xylionulus transvena Lesne, 1900
Xylobiops parilis Lesne, 1901
Xyloblaptus mexicanus Lesne, 1939
Xylomedes carbonnieri Lesne, 1897
Xylomedes coronata Marseul, 1883
Xylomedes laticornis Lesne, 1895
Xylomedes rufocoronata Fairmaire, 1892
Xylomedes scutifrons Lesne, 1908
Xylomeira tridens Fabricius, 1792Powderpost Beetle
Xylopertha praeusta Germar, 1817
Xylopertha retusa Olivier, 1790
Xyloperthella crinitarsis Imhoff, 1843Auger beetle
Xyloperthella guineensis Roberts, 1967
Xyloperthella picea Olivier, 1790
Xyloperthella scutula Lesne, 1901
Xyloperthodes abruptus Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes calvula Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes castaneipennis Fahraeus, 1871
Xyloperthodes collarti Lesne, 1935
Xyloperthodes discedens Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes discicollis Fairmaire, 1893
Xyloperthodes disdcollis Fairmaire, 1893
Xyloperthodes evops Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes granulatus Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes houssiaui Vrydagh, 1955
Xyloperthodes hova Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes incertus Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes nasifer Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes nitidipennis Murray, 1867
Xyloperthodes orthogonius Lesne, 1906
Xyloperthodes pollicifer Vrydagh, 1955
Xyloperthodes schedli Vrydagh, 1959
Xylopsocus capucinus Fabricius, 1781False powder-post beetle
Xylopsocus castanoptera Fairmaire, 1850Xylopsocus twig borer
Xylopsocus sellatus Fahraeus, 1871
Xylothrips flavipes Illiger, 1801Auger beetle
Xylothrips religiosus Boisduval, 1835Northern auger beetle

Subnodes of Bostrichidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyBostrichinae
Latreille, 1802
auger beetles
34
252
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDinoderinae
C.G. Thomson, 1863
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLyctinae
Billberg, 1820
Powder-post Beetles, Powderpost beetles
8
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolycaoninae
Lesne, 1896
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPsoinae
Blanchard, 1851
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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