Polycaon (beetle)

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Polycaon
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Polycaon chilensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Bostrichidae
Subfamily: Polycaoninae
Genus: Polycaon
Laporte, 1836

Polycaon is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are at least four described species in Polycaon. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Species

These four species belong to the genus Polycaon:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Polycaon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Polycaon". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. 1 2 "Polycaon". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. 1 2 "Polycaon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

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