Species Trogoxylon parallelipipedum - Velvety Powderpost Beetle (original) (raw)

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)

Subfamily Lyctinae (Powder-post Beetles)

Genus Trogoxylon

Species parallelipipedum (Velvety Powderpost Beetle)

Other Common Names

Parallel Powderpost Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Trogoxylon parallelopipedum (Melsheimer 1846)

Identification

anterior pronotal angles prominent, acute; post-clypeus rounded, depressed; antennal club abruptly expanded(2)

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2012

Range

e NA, native to Eurasia - Map (1)(3)(4)(5)

Season

mostly: May-June (BG data)

Food

seasoned hardwood timber; has also been found boring into the trunks of living honey-locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)(4); can infest bamboo(6)

Life Cycle

Overwinters as larvae; adults emerge and lay eggs in spring. Adults of the second generation emerge in late summer or fall. Development is completed in 4–5 months in recently sawed logs.(6)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Walker 2011)(1)

Works Cited

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second editionBousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 June, 2006 - 6:10pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 March, 2023 - 7:10pm