Hemicoelus gibbicollis explained

Hemicoelus gibbicollis, known generally as California deathwatch beetle, is a species of death-watch beetle in the family Ptinidae. Other common names include the Pacific powder post beetle and western deathwatch beetle. It is found in North America.

Further reading

• Additions to the coleopterous fauna of northern California and Oregon. 1859. LeConte . J. L.. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 11. 281–292. 4059267.
• Book: World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). 2007. Borowski . Jerzy. Wegrzynowicz . Piotr. Wydawnictwo Mantis. 9788392618218.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.