Family Bostrichidae

(+Lyctidae)

The powder-post beetles

Subfamily Dinoderinae

Dinoderus Stephens

• +D. minutus Fabricius, the bamboo powderpost beetle, CA, FL, Cuba, WInd, CAmer, SAmer, Old World, cosmopolitan; a pest in bamboo products, dried foods, seeds, and roots; possibly established in Florida

Prostephanus Lesne

• P. punctatus (Say), the larger grain borer, eUS, FL (ALA, BRE, HIG, IND, JEF, ORA, PIN, PUT, VOL), Mexico, CAmer

Rhyzopertha Stephens

• +R. dominica (Fabricius), the lesser grain borer, FL (DAD, CLA), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Old World

Stephanopachys Waterhouse

• S. cribratus (LeConte), most of the US, FL (ALA)
• S. densus (LeConte), eUS, FL (LEV)
• S. hispidulus (Casey), eUS, FL (HIG)
• S. rugosus Oliver, Can-IN-FL (ALA, DUV, IND, MON, PIN)

Subfamily Bostrichinae

Tribe Bostrichini

Amphicerus LeConte

• A. bicaudatus (Say), the apple twig borer, IN-KS-FL (ALA, COLL, DAD, DIX, DUV, ESC, HIG, LAK, LEE, MARI, PAL, PAS, SEM, SRO), Cuba
• A. cornutus Pallas, the powderpost bostrichid, TX-FL (MON, LEE), Mexico, CAmer, SAmer

Lichenophanes Lesne

• L. armiger (LeConte), widespread US, FL (ALA, LIB, OKA)
• L. bicornis (Weber), CT, IN-FL (ALA, LIB)

Micrapate Casey

• M. cristicauda Casey, VA-FL

Tribe Xyloperthini

Heterobostrychus Lesne

• +H. aequalis (Waterhouse), FL (ALA, BRO, DAD, HIL, IND, MAN, PAL, POL, SLU), Cuba, Old World tropics; a pest in lumber; established in the wild (see Woodruff 1967)
• +H. hamatipennis Lesne, FL (HIL), Old World tropics; immigrant from India into North Carolina and then into Florida before 1988, probably not established

Sinoxylon Duftschmid

• +S. conigerum Gerstaeker, FL (DAD), Asia, Africa

Tetrapriocera Horn

• T. longicornis Oliver, CA-FL (DAD, HIG, LEE, MAN, MON), Cuba, Hispaniola, WInd, SAmer

Xylobiops Casey

• X. basilaris (Say), Can-TX-FL (ALA, CHA, ESC, HIG, LEO, LIB, MARI, ORA, PUT, SEM, SRO)

Xylomeira Lesne

• X. tridens Fabricius, TX, FL (DAD, MON), Bahamas (Andros), WInd, Mexico
  = torquata Fabricius
  = floridana (Horn)

Xylopsocus Lesne

• +X. capucinus (Fabricius), FL (DAD, SLU) immigrant from Asia, perhaps via Africa or SAmer, in Florida by 1978 (see Woodruff 1978); a pest of lumber, and potentially of many woody plants; reared in numbers in Florida from dead mangrove limbs

Subfamily Lyctinae

The lyctid beetles

Lyctus Fabricius

• +*L. brunneus Stephens, seUS, FL?, Cuba, WInd, cosmopolitan; in dry seeds and spices
• L. carbonarius Waltl, FL, Mexico
• L. planicollis LeConte, the southern lyctus beetle, widespread US, FL

Minthea Pascoe

• +*M. rugicollis Walker, FL (perhaps not established), cosmopolitan

Trogoxylon LeConte

• T. parallelopipedum (Melsheimer), eUS, FL (MON)

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