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Dinoderus japonicus

Dinoderus japonicus, the Japanese shot-hole borer, is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is found in Australia, Europe and Northern Asia, North America, and Southern Asia.

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Dinoderus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Bostrichidae
Genus: Dinoderus
Species:
D. japonicus
Binomial name
Dinoderus japonicus
Lesne, 1895

Dinoderus japonicus, the Japanese shot-hole borer, is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is found in Australia, Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia.123

References

References

  1. "Dinoderus japonicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Dinoderus japonicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Spilman, T. J. (1982). "False powderpost beetles of the genus Dinoderus in North America (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 36 (2): 193–196. JSTOR 4008051.
  • 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.
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