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''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family
Bostrichidae 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. Anatomy The head of most auger beetles cannot be seen from above, as ...
. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.


Description

In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the
pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...
is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a feature shared with other Dinoderinae). The body ranges from 2.2 to 4.5 mm in length. The pronotum has posterolateral carina, though these are weakly developed in some species. The
elytra An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...
are never more than twice as long as the pronotum. The second segment of the antenna is less than half as long as the first segment.


Pests

Some species in this genus, namely ''D. japonicus'', ''D. minutus'', ''D. ocellaris'' and ''D. brevis'' are major pests of
bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...
, attacking both harvested culms and finished products. Adults enter culms via wounds or cut ends, make horizontal tunnels and deposit
eggs An egg is an organic vessel in which an embryo begins to develop. Egg, EGG or eggs may also refer to: Biology * Egg cell, the female reproductive cell (gamete) in oogamous organisms Food * Eggs as food Places * Egg, Austria * Egg, Switzerland ...
. These hatch into
larvae A larva (; : larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect developmental biology, development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typical ...
, which bore longitudinally in culms, making criss-crossing tunnels. They also attack wood and stored foods, such as yam chips and
cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...
chips.


Species

These 28 species belong to the genus ''Dinoderus'': * '' Dinoderus bifoveolatus'' (Wollaston, 1858) * '' Dinoderus borneanus'' Lesne, 1933 * '' Dinoderus brevis'' Horn, 1878 * '' Dinoderus creberrimus'' Lesne, 1941 * '' Dinoderus cuneicollis'' Wickham, 1913 * '' Dinoderus distinctus'' Lesne, 1897 * '' Dinoderus exilis'' Lesne, 1932 * '' Dinoderus favosus'' Lesne, 1911 * '' Dinoderus gabonicus'' Lesne, 1921 * ''
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'' Lesne, 1933 * ''
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'' Lesne, 1911 * '' Dinoderus japonicus'' Lesne, 1895 (Japanese shot-hole borer) * ''
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'' Borowski & Wegrzynowicz, 2013 * ''
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'' Lesne, 1921 * '' Dinoderus minutus'' (Fabricius, 1775) (bamboo powderpost beetle) * ''
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'' Lesne, 1897 * ''
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'' Lesne, 1923 * ''
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'' Stephens, 1830 * ''
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'' Lesne, 1906 * ''
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'' Lesne, 1899 * ''
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'' Gorham, 1886 * '' Dinoderus perplexus'' Lesne, 1932 * '' Dinoderus piceolus'' Lesne, 1933 * '' Dinoderus politulus'' Lesne, 1941 * '' Dinoderus porcellus'' Lesne, 1923 * '' Dinoderus punctatissimus'' Lesne, 1897 * '' Dinoderus scabricauda'' Lesne, 1914 * '' Dinoderus speculifer'' Lesne, 1895


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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q14932455 Bostrichidae Articles created by Qbugbot Bostrichoidea genera