Biology:Polycaon (beetle)
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Polycaon | |
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| Polycaon chilensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Bostrichidae |
| Subfamily: | Polycaoninae |
| Genus: | Polycaon Laporte, 1836 |
Polycaon is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are at least four described species in Polycaon.[1][2][3][4]
Description
Beetles in this genus are 10.5-25.5 mm long with flattened bodies. The head is visible from above, instead of being hidden under a hoodlike pronotum like in some other bostrichids. The sides of the pronotum are convex. The tibia of each foreleg has a large, curved spine at its apex and has two terminal spurs inside.[5]
Species
These species belong to the genus Polycaon:
- Polycaon chilensis (Erichson, 1834) i c g
- Polycaon granulatus (Van Dyke, 1923) i c g
- Found in North America[8]
- Polycaon punctatus (LeConte, 1866) i c g
- Found in Central America[9]
- Polycaon sinensis Liu & Beaver, 2023
- Found in China[10]
- Polycaon stoutii (LeConte, 1853) i c g b - black polycaon
- Found in western North America[11]
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Polycaon Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=187461. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Browse Polycaon". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/39d0717b687a54d8143b4b34cea2d105. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Polycaon". https://www.gbif.org/species/1095697. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Polycaon Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/18101. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ↑ McCaffrey, S. (August 24, 2021). "Polycaon stoutii (LeConte, 1853)". https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/142102.
- ↑ Háva, Jiří; Chaboo, Caroline S. (2015). "Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Nosodendridae Erichson, 1846 (Derodontoidea), Dermestidae Latreille, 1804, Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 (Bostrichoidea)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88 (3): 404–407. ISSN 0022-8567. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44577465.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Polycaon chilensis". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=817514#null.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Polycaon granulatus". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=817515#null.
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Polycaon punctatus". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=817367#null.
- ↑ Liu, Lan-Yu; Beaver, Roger A. (2023-07-10). "The first Asian species of Polycaon Castelnau, and a new montane species of Melalgus Dejean from China (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Polycaoninae)". Zootaxa 5315 (3): 271–281. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5315.3.5. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5315.3.5.
- ↑ "Species Polycaon stoutii - Black Polycaon". https://bugguide.net/node/view/18102.
Identification
Further reading
- Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
- Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). General Technical Report. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr209.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14932379 entry
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