Family BOSTRICHIDAE
Compiler and date details
December 2008 - Checklist of names supplied by Dr A.A. Calder, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra; data entered by R. Johnson, for ABRS
- Lyctidae.
- Bostrychidae.
Introduction
Sixty species of auger or powderpost beetles are recorded here for Australia, a number of which are introduced species that are pests of timber and food stuffs (Lawrence & Britton 1991).
Many adult bostrichids are clearly recognised by their characteristic cylindrical body and profile, the strongly deflexed head being obscured from above by the prothorax.
General References
Lawrence, J.F. & Britton, E.B. 1991. Coleoptera (Beetles). pp. 543-683 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 2 pp. 543-1137