Lyctus (beetle) explained

Lyctus is a genus of powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae, being present on all continents except Antarctica.

Species

These species belong to the genus Lyctus:

• Lyctus africanus Lesne, 1907

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• Lyctus argentinensis Santoro, 1960

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• Lyctus asiaticus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1976

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• Lyctus brunneus (Stephens, 1830)

^{i c g b} (brown powderpost beetle)

• Lyctus carbonarius Waltl, 1832

^{i c g b} (southern lyctus beetle, = Lyctus planicollis)

• Lyctus caribeanus Lesne, 1931

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• Lyctus cavicollis LeCOnte, 1866

^{i c g b} (shiny powderpost beetle)

• Lyctus chacoensis Santoro, 1960

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• Lyctus chilensis Gerberg, 1957

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• Lyctus cinereus Blanchard, 1851

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• Lyctus discedens Blackburn, 1888

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• Lyctus hipposideros Lesne, 1908

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• Lyctus histeroides Fabricius, 1792

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• Lyctus kosciuszkoi Borowski and Wegrzynowicz, 2007

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• Lyctus linearis (Goeze, 1777)

^{i c g b} (European powderpost beetle)

• Lyctus longicornis Reitter, 1879

^{i c g}

• Lyctus opaculus LeConte, 1866

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• Lyctus parallelocollis Blackburn, 1888

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• Lyctus parvulus Casey, 1885

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• Lyctus patagonicus Santoro, 1960

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• Lyctus pubescens Panzer, 1793

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• Lyctus simplex Reitter, 1879

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• Lyctus sinensis Lesne, 1911

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• Lyctus suturalis Faldermann, 1837

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• Lyctus tomentosus Reitter, 1879

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• Lyctus turkestanicus Lesne, 1935

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• Lyctus villosus Lesne, 1911

^{i c g b}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

External links

• Lyctus at Fauna Europaea