The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species. They are commonly called auger beetles, false powderpost beetles, or horned powderpost beetles. The head of most auger beetles cannot be seen from above, as it is downwardly directed and hidden by the thorax. Exceptions are the

powderpost beetle Powderpost beetles are a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae. These beetles, along with spider beetles, death watch beetles, common furniture beetles, Dermestidae, skin beetles, and others ...

s (subfamily Lyctinae), and members of the subfamily Psoinae. Dinoderus brevis Horn 1878 (31918844386)

''Bostrychoplites cornutus'' has large, distinctive thoracic horns, and is found in parts of Africa and Arabia; it is often imported to Europe as

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The ...

e in African wooden bowls ("ethnic souvenirs") . The fossil record of the family extends to the Cretaceous, with the oldest records being from the Cenomanian aged Charentese and Burmese ambers, belonging to the extant genus '' Stephanopachys'' and the extant subfamilies Dinoderinae and Polycaoninae.

Selected species

This list is incomplete: * '' Amphicerus cornutus'' (Pallas, 1772) * ''

Apate terebrans ''Apate terebrans'', common names shot-hole borer or trunk borer or girdler, is a species of horned powder-post beetles belonging to the family Bostrichidae. Description ''Apate terebrans'' can reach a length of . The body is black or dark br ...

'' (Pallas, 1772) * ''

Prostephanus truncatus ''Prostephanus truncatus'' is commonly referred to as larger grain bore (LGB) with reference to the related '' Rhyzopertha dominica'', another insect, which is relatively smaller in length, hence is referred to as the ''lesser grain bore''. ''P. ...

'' (Horn, 1878) ;Species found in Australia * ''

Dinoderus minutus ''Dinoderus minutus'', the Bamboo borer, is a species of wood-boring beetle. In tropical regions (and perhaps others), it is one of the main pests of bamboo, attracted by the internal starch Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate cons ...

'' (Fabricius) * '' Lyctus brunneus'' (Stephens) * '' Lyctus discedens''

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

* '' Lyctus parallelocollis'' Blackburn * '' Mesoxylion collaris'' (Erichson) * '' Mesoxylion cylindricus'' (Macleay) * '' Minthea rugicollis'' (Walker) * '' Rhyzopertha dominica'' (Fabricius) -

lesser grain borer ''Rhyzopertha'' is a monotypic taxon, monotypic genus of beetles in the family Bostrichidae, the false powderpost beetles. The sole species, ''Rhyzopertha dominica'', is known commonly as the lesser grain borer, American wheat weevil, Australian ...

* '' Sinoxylon anale'' (Lesne) * '' Xylion cylindricus'' Macleay * '' Xylobosca bispinosa'' (Macleay) * '' Xylodeleis obsipa'' Germar * '' Xylopsocus gibbicollis'' (Macleay) * '' Xylothrips religiosus'' (Boisduval) * '' Xylotillus lindi'' (Blackburn) ;Species found in the United Kingdom * '' Bostrichus capucinus'' * '' Bostrychoplites cornutus'' (Olivier, 1790) * '' Stephanopachys substriatus'' * '' Trogoxylon parallelopipedum'' * '' Lyctus cavicollis'' * '' Lyctus linearis'' (Goeze, 1877) * '' Lyctus planicollis'' * '' Lyctus sinensis'' ;Fossil species * Heterobostrychus aequalis larva

'' Discoclavata dominicana''†Poinar Jr, 2013

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''Lyctus planicollis'', southern lyctus beetle
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''Xylopsocus capucinus'', a false powderpost beetle
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