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Bostrichidae
A. verbasci (Linn6)t
caseyi Hinton
destructor Melsheimer
pistor Casey
substriatus Casey
uorax Casey
BC
AB
MB ON PQ
(Subgenus FLORILINUS Mulsant & Rey)
A. castaneae Melsheimer
carolinae Casey
A. museorum (Linn6)t
ON
ON
PQ NB
PQ
NF
(Subgenus HELOCERUS Mulsant & Rey)
A. fuscus Oliviert
oN PQ
NS
Genus ORPHILUS Erichson
Key to North American species: Beal (1985b)
O. ater Erichson
O. subnitidus LeConte
aequalis Casey
chalybeus Casey
Tribe Orphilini
BC
oN PQ
Tribe Thylodriini
Genus THYLODRIAS Motschulsky
T. contractus Motschulskyt
NT
AB
MB ON PQ
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
FamilyBOSTRICHIDAE bostrichidpowder'postbeetles
J. McNamara
Bostrichidae comprises 18 species in Canada
and Alaska. It includes some of the most destructive
beetles known. Some species cause considerable
damage to such stored products as dried roots
and grains. In the tropics these insects are especially
destructive, injuring felled timber and bamboo.
The larvae do most of the damage. Some
species can kill weakened trees; others have the
habit of tunneling into the gTeen shoots of plants.
Members of Bostricidae have been widely distributed
through commerce because of their tendency
to bore into wood products, such as crating
and bamboo.
Fisher (1950) revised the North American
species of the family.
AK (1); vK (1); NT (3); BC (8); AB (3); SK (2); MB
(6); ON (13); PQ (6);NB (1);NS (1) ' I (1); H (1)
Subfamily PSOINAE
Tlibe Polycaonini
Genus MELA.LGUS Dejean
E ro pioide s Gu6rin-M6n6ville
Heterarthron Dejean
M. confertus (LeConte)
inciszs (LeConte)
Genus POLYCAON Castelnau
Alloeocnemis LeConte
P. stoutii (LeConte)
ouicollis (LeConte)
BC
BC
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