Lyctus brunneus

Lyctus brunneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Bostrichoidea
Family:	Bostrichidae
Subfamily:	Lyctinae
Tribe:	Lyctini
Genus:	Lyctus
Species:	L. brunneus
Binomial name
	Lyctus brunneus; (Stephens, 1830)

Lyctus brunneus is a xylophage (wood-eating) insect[1] a species of beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is a member of the subfamily Lyctinae, the powderpost beetles. It is known commonly as the brown powderpost beetle[2] or brown lyctus beetle.

Today it is distributed worldwide but it was probably originally native to the Neotropical realm.[3]

Like other powderpost beetles, this species lives in wood.[4]

References

Wood Eating Bugs - Insects That Eat Wood, Animal Wised, accessed 31 July 2020.
Lyctus brunneus. PaDIL.
Ebeling, W. Chapter 5: Wood-Destroying Insects and Fungi. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Urban Entomology. UC Riverside Entomology.
Pest Notes: Wood-Boring Beetles in Homes. Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. UC ANR Publication 7418.

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[AnimalWised20200731-1] Wood Eating Bugs - Insects That Eat Wood, Animal Wised, accessed 31 July 2020.

[2] Lyctus brunneus. PaDIL.

[3] Ebeling, W. Chapter 5: Wood-Destroying Insects and Fungi. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Urban Entomology. UC Riverside Entomology.

[4] Pest Notes: Wood-Boring Beetles in Homes. Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. UC ANR Publication 7418.