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Polycaon (beetle)

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Polycaon
Polycaon chilensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Bostrichidae
Subfamily: Polycaoninae
Genus: Polycaon
Laporte, 1836
Polycaon stoutii

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

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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

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These species belong to the genus Polycaon:

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Polycaon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Polycaon". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ^ a b "Polycaon". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. ^ a b "Polycaon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  5. ^ McCaffrey, S. (August 24, 2021). "Polycaon stoutii (LeConte, 1853)". PaDIL. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "ITIS - Report: Polycaon chilensis". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  8. ^ "ITIS - Report: Polycaon granulatus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  9. ^ "ITIS - Report: Polycaon punctatus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Species Polycaon stoutii - Black Polycaon". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

Identification

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Key to North American species

Further reading

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  • 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. Vol. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
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