Prostephanus

Prostephanus
Prostephanus punctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Bostrichidae
Subfamily:	Dinoderinae
Genus:	Prostephanus Lesne, 1898

Prostephanus is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are about five described species in Prostephanus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Prostephanus punctatus

Species

These five species belong to the genus Prostephanus:

• Prostephanus apax Lesne, 1930
• Prostephanus arizonicus Fisher, 1950
• Prostephanus punctatus (Say, 1826)
• Prostephanus sulcicollis (Fairmaire & Germain, 1861)
• Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878) (larger grain borer)

References

1. "Prostephanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Prostephanus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Prostephanus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)". Zootaxa. 3754 (4): 301–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1. PMID   24869695.

Further reading

• Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN   9788392618218.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.
• Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) (PDF). General Technical Report. Vol. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

External links

• Media related to Prostephanus at Wikimedia Commons