1. PaDIL Species Factsheet
Scientific Name: Stephanopachys substriatus (Paykull, 1800) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Dinoderinae)
Common Name Powderpost beetle Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/141247
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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Uni, Cambridge USA - [email protected] Author: Ken Walker Citation: Ken Walker (2011) Powderpost beetle(Stephanopachys substriatus)Updated on 8/23/2021 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)
2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/141247
2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Forestry Commodity Type: Timber Distribution: Europe and Northern Asia, USA and Canada, South and South-East Asia Group: Beetles Status: Exotic species - absent from Australia
2.4. Other Names Apate rhapontica Motschulsky, 1853 Dinoderus pacificus Casye, 1898
2.5. Diagnostic Notes The subfamily Dinoderinae is characterised by:
- Hind coxae contiguous or closely approximated - Pronotum hood-like; head deeply inserted into the pronotum underneath, head not entirely visible from above - Pronotum with posterolateral carina but carina not present along entire lateral margin - Pronotum anterior margin rounded or conical shaped or truncate - Pronotum with medium tooth most prominent - Head with plane or labrum angled downwards from a raised clypeus - Tarsal segment 1 as long as or longer than segment 2; Segment 3 as long as or longer than segment 2
The genus _Stephanopachys_ is characterised by:
- Body length: 2.5-6.5mm - Pronotum evenly or broadly rounded or tapering in front - Pronotum anterior marginal teeth arranged in a curve - Pronotum posterolateral carina absent but represented by a row of tubercles
There are 12 known valid species in this genus.
Diagnostic characteristics of this species include:
- Body length: 3.0-6.5mm - Pronotum anterior marginal teeth distinct and well separated (non contiguous at base) - Pronotum basal half with raised granules - Pronotum with tooth at each posterior angle - Elytra granulated and punctate; granules as large as punctures - Elytra without erect hairs on the disc of the anterior half
Source: Graham Goodyer 2008 (unpublished) Identification of Bostrichid beetles to Genus and Species. 3. Diagnostic Images
USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection Antenna Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Dorsal Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Victoria Victoria
USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection Elytra Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Head Front Image: Sarah McCaffrey Victoria Museums Victoria
USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection Head Side Image: Sarah McCaffrey Lateral Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Museums Victoria Victoria USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection Posterior Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Pronotum Image: Sarah McCaffrey Victoria Museums Victoria
USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection USA, Minnesota, Duluth. Liebeek Collection Thorax Side Image: Sarah McCaffrey Ventral Image: Sarah McCaffrey Museums Museums Victoria Victoria
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