Lyctoxylon dentatum

Lyctoxylon dentatum
Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Bostrichidae
Genus: Lyctoxylon
Species:
L. dentatum
Binomial name
Lyctoxylon dentatum
Pascoe, 1866

Lyctoxylon dentatum is a species of powderpost beetle. A type of woodboring beetle, it was first described in 1866 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe. It is native to Asia and has been introduced to Europe, East Africa, and North America. [1]

References

  1. ^ Sittichaya, Wisut; Beaver, Roger; Liu, Lan-Yu; Ngampongsai, Aran (2009-10-30). "An illustrated key to powder post beetles (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae) associated with rubberwood in Thailand, with new records and a checklist of species found in Southern Thailand". ZooKeys. 26. Pensoft Publishers: 33–51. doi:10.3897/zookeys.26.88. ISSN 1313-2970.