BOSTRICHIDAE Latreille, 1802
(powder-post beetles)

BOSTRICHIDAE (powder-post beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

BOSTRICHIDAE (powder-post beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Lyctus
powder-post beetles
Genus 1 trophisms
Rhyzopertha dominica
Lesser Grain-borer, Lesser Grain Borer
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBOSTRICHIDAE (powder-post beetles)
SuperfamilyBOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BOSTRICHIDAE (powder-post beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 8 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 8, 388pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 Ent. Mon. Mag. 78-9: 209-223.

BOSTRICHIDAE (powder-post beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to BOSTRICHIDAE (powder-post beetles):

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