Horned Powder-post Beetles
Bostrichidae
Summary 4
The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species. They are commonly called auger beetles, false powderpost beetles or horned powderpost beetles. The head of most auger beetles cannot be seen from above, as it is downwardly directed and hidden by the thorax. Exceptions are the powderpost beetles (subfamily Lyctinae), and members of the subfamily Psoinae.
SoCal Status 5
Widespread throughout SoCal with BugGuide records in all counties.
Known Species per The California Beetle Database .
Amphicerus cornutus
Amphicerus fortis
Amphicerus simplex
Amphicerus teres
Apatides fortis
Dendrobiella aspera
Dendrobiella sericans
Dinapate wrightii
Lichenophanes californicus
Lyctus brunneus
Lyctus cavicollis
Lyctus linearis
Lyctus parvulus
Lyctus planicollis
Melalgus confertus
Melalgus megalops
Polycaon granulatus
Polycaon stouti
Psoa maculata
Psoa quadrisignata
Scobicia declivis
Scobicia suturalis
Stephanopachys sobrinus
Stephanopachys substriatus
Trogoxylon aequale
Xylobiops sextuberculatum
Xyloblaptus quadrispinosus
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- (c) Václav Hanzlík, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/76312.jpg
- (c) Wisut Sittichaya, Roger A. Beaver, Lan-Yu Liu, Aran Ngampongsai, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heterobostrychus_aequalis_(female).jpg
- (c) Wisut Sittichaya, Roger A. Beaver, Lan-Yu Liu, Aran Ngampongsai, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyctoxylon_dentatum.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bostrichidae
- (c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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