Taxonomy of Family Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 Auger beetles, Bostrichid beetles, Bostrichid powder-post beetles, Branch and twig borers, Branch borers, Branch-a, False powder-post beetles, false powderpost beetle, False powderpost beetles, Horned Powder-post Beetles, Horned powderpost beetles, Powderpost beetles, Twig borers
Class | Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects | 4179 190570 2444470 | Families Genera Species | Subclass | Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects | 3816 189502 2439455 | Families Genera Species | Infraclass | Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399 186457 2415487 | Families Genera Species | Superorder | Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects | 1891 142849 2048615 | Families Genera Species | Order | Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans | 592 62779 813516 | Families Genera Species | Suborder | Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags | 274 54416 687671 | Families Genera Species | Infraorder | Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926
| 7 863 8707 | Families Genera Species | Superfamily | Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802 Carpet Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Powder-post Beetles | 7 863 8707 | Families Genera Species | | Family | Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 Auger beetles, Bostrichid beetles, Branch and twig borers | 138 1553 | Genera Species |
Subnodes of Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 | Subfamily | Apatinae Jacquelin du Val, 1861 ⇒ Bostrichinae
| 0 0 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Bostrichinae Latreille, 1802 Auger beetles | 63 1094 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Dinoderinae C.G. Thomson, 1863
| 8 100 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Dysidinae Lesne, 1921
| 2 6 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Endecatominae LeConte, 1861 ⇒ Endecatomidae
| 2 6 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Euderiinae Lesne, 1934
| 1 1 | Genus Species | | Subfamily | Lyctinae Billberg, 1820 Powder-post Beetles, Powderpost beetles | 15 172 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Polycaoninae Lesne, 1896
| 2 44 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Psoinae Blanchard, 1851
| 7 25 | Genera Species | | Genus | Acrepis LeConte, 1852
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Alitrepanum Peng, Jiang, Engel & Wang, 2022
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Allaeocnemis LeConte, 1853
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Apatodes Blackburn, 1889
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Bostricilus Geoffroy, 1762
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Bostrycholites Lesne, 1899
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Bostrychulus Lesne, 1899
| 11 | Species | | Genus | Bostrychus Lacepède, 1801 ⇒ Bostrichus
| 41 | Species | | Genus | Brostrichus ♰ Trost, 1801
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Caenophrada Waterhouse, 1888
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Cretolgus Legalov & Háva, 2020
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Dinoderastes Lesne, 1914
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Discoclavata ♰ Poinar, 2013
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Eulyctus Jacobson, 1916
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Exopioides Guérin-Méneville, 1844 ⇒ Melalgus
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Exops Curtis, 1839 ⇒ Polycaon
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Exopsoides Guérin-Méneville, 1845
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Gracilenta Zhang, Meng & Beaver, 2022
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Heterarthron Dejean, 1836 ⇒ Melalgus
| 18 | Species | | Genus | Heterarthrum Agassiz, 1846 ⇒ Melalgus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Infrantenna Liu & Sittichaya, 2022
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Lepidosomus Agassiz, 1846 ⇒ Polygraphus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Lictus Melsheimer, 1806 ⇒ Lyctus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Lyctenoplus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Lyctopholis Reitter, 1879
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Octomeristes Liu & Beaver, 2016
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Patea Casey, 1898
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Plesioxylion Liu & Beaver, 2023
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Poinarinius Legalov, 2018
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Protapate ♰ Wickham, 1912
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Psoanus Rafinesque, 1815 ⇒ Psoa
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Rhizopertha Agassiz & Erichson, 1845 ⇒ Rhyzopertha
| 6 | Species | | Genus | Sinoxylum Agassiz, 1846 ⇒ Sinoxylon
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Sinthura
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Trypocladius Lucas, 1849 ⇒ Sinoxylon
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Trypocladus Guérin-Méneville, 1845
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Xilobiops
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Xylotrypes Agassiz, 1846
| 0 | Species |
Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Bostrichidae
| German | Bohrkäfer, Holzbohrkäfer | | English | Auger beetles, Bostrichid beetles, Bostrichid powder-post beetles, Branch and twig borers, Branch borers, Branch-a, False powder-post beetles, False powderpost beetle, False powderpost beetles, Horned Powder-post Beetles, Horned powderpost beetles, Powderpost beetles, Twig borers | | Dutch | Boorders, Boorkevers, Drooghoutboorders | | Danish | Hættebiller | | Swedish | Kapuschongbaggar | | Finnish | Huppukuoriaiset | | Norwegian | Hettebiller |
Distribution and Species lists of Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802
Distribution on islands
Found in fossile formations
Links, sources and further information Bostrichidae at artfakta.se Bostrichidae at dyntaxa.se Bostrichidae at gbif.org Bostrichidae at irmng.org Bostrichidae at itis.gov
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