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P. fur. A museum pest. A. panicea in books, papers, dry wood, dry
vegetable matter. Can produce a sound ‘ Death Watch ' by knocking its
head against wood in the tunnel. L. testacea. Broad, pubescent brown, 5
lines on elytra, bores into cigars, cigarettes, cured tobacco, turmeric etc
Fam. Bostrychidae. Small, compact, cylindrical, hard thickened
integument, legs short, tibiae broadened. In some species, the toothed
prothorax conceals the head, in some hind portion truncated and toothed,
antennae elbowed at top on one side. Generally eggs laid in tunnels bored
by mother in dry wood. Larvae white soft, strong thorax, tapering and
curled behind, eyes absent, feed inside. Pupae naked. Commonly known
as ‘ Powder post beetles'! Less than 600 species known, nearly 100 in the
Indian region. A few recorded in Maharashtra.
B. bengalensis bores in tent poles and pegs. B. parallela, A common
borer in bamboos, mango wood etc. H, equalis attacks timbers, packing
cases, boxes, plywood pannels, sapwood in furniture and buildings.
Common in saw mills. S. atratum bores into living saplings or seedlings of
sandalwood causing die back S. anale the most common powder post
beetle. S. anobioides, a cosmopolitan borer. X. ornatus. Wide spread,
variable in size and markings, bores into climbers, logs of wood about to
die, pest on Acacia, Bauhinia, Bombax etc. X. flavipes. Common in moist
subtropical parts, not found in higher altitudes, attacks mango, jambool,
Terminalia etc. R. dominica ( धील माश् न्यातील यी)