Polycaon (beetle)

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]

Polycaon
Polycaon chilensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Bostrichidae
Subfamily: Polycaoninae
Genus: Polycaon
Laporte, 1836

Species

These four species belong to the genus Polycaon:

  • Polycaon chilensis (Erichson, 1834) i c g
  • Polycaon granulatus Van Dyke, 1923 i c g
  • Polycaon punctatus LeConte, 1866 i c g
  • Polycaon stoutii (LeConte, 1853) i c g b (black polycaon)

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References
  1. "Polycaon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. "Browse Polycaon". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. "Polycaon". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. "Polycaon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

Further reading
  • Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
  • Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) (PDF). General Technical Report. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
  • Media related to Polycaon at Wikimedia Commons


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