Lyctus (beetle)

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

Lyctus
Lyctus africanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Bostrichidae
Tribe:	Lyctini
Genus:	Lyctus Fabricius, 1792

Lyctus opaculus

Species

These species belong to the genus Lyctus:

• Lyctus africanus Lesne, 1907 ^{i c g b} (African powderpost beetle)
• Lyctus argentinensis Santoro, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus asiaticus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1976 ^{i c g}
• 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 ^{i c g b}
• Lyctus cavicollis LeCOnte, 1866 ^{i c g b} (shiny powderpost beetle)
• Lyctus chacoensis Santoro, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus chilensis Gerberg, 1957 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus cinereus Blanchard, 1851 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus discedens Blackburn, 1888 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus hipposideros Lesne, 1908 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus histeroides Fabricius, 1792 ^g
• Lyctus kosciuszkoi Borowski and Wegrzynowicz, 2007 ^{c g}
• Lyctus linearis (Goeze, 1777) ^{i c g b} (European powderpost beetle)
• Lyctus longicornis Reitter, 1879 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus opaculus LeConte, 1866 ^{i c g b}
• Lyctus parallelocollis Blackburn, 1888 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus parvulus Casey, 1885 ^{i g}
• Lyctus patagonicus Santoro, 1960 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus pubescens Panzer, 1793 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus simplex Reitter, 1879 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus sinensis Lesne, 1911 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus suturalis Faldermann, 1837 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus tomentosus Reitter, 1879 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus turkestanicus Lesne, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Lyctus villosus Lesne, 1911 ^{i c g b}

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

References

1. "Lyctus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
2. "Browse Lyctus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
3. "Lyctus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
4. "Lyctus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

External links

•   Media related to Lyctus at Wikimedia Commons
•   Data related to Lyctus (beetle) at Wikispecies