1. Padil Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Common Name Image

1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: Heterobostrychus hamatipennis (Lesne, 1895) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Bostrichinae: Bostrichini)

Common Name Chinese auger beetle Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/135661

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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: AQIS - Sydney - Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2006) Chinese auger beetle(Heterobostrychus hamatipennis)Updated on 8/19/2021 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/135661

2.3. Facets Status: Exotic species - absent from Australia Group: Beetles Commodity Overview: Forestry Commodity Type: Timber, Grasses Distribution: Africa, South and South-East Asia, Europe and Northern Asia, USA and Canada

2.4. Diagnostic Notes This genus resides in the subfamily Bostrichinae which is defined by:

- First tarsal segment shorter than second and third also shorter than second - Anterior margin of pronotum truncate, concave or deeply emarginate - Lateral teeth more prominent than median teeth.

The genus _Heterobostrychus_ is defined by:

- Body length: 5.0-16.0mm - Head capsule not deeply and transversely constricted behind eyes - Gena without a large tooth or lobe below each eye - Antennal club segments with two unmargined and indistinct nearly circular sensory areas - Pronotum excavated behind the middle of the anterior margin.

There are 5 known species in _Heterobostrychus_: _H. aequalis, H. brunneus, H. hamatipennis, H. pileatus_ and _H. unicornis_.

Females differ from males as: pronotum smaller, teeth on anterior apical border of pronotum shorter; apical declivity of elytra without marginal tubercles.

_Heterobostrychus hamatipennis_ is characterised by:

- Body length: 9.0-16.0mm - Apical declivity and elytra pubescent - Antennal club 2.0x as long as funicle - Second segment and last segment of hind tarsus subequal

Males:

- Pronotum anterior angles prolonged into hoodlike horns - Apical declivity with one nearly cylindrical and well developed projection on each side

Females:

- Apical declivity with a wartlike projection (sometimes pointed at top) on each side

Source:

Graham Goodyer (2008). Identification of Bostrichid Beetles to Genus and Species (unpublished)

2.5. Web Links Canadian Food Inspection Agency web site. 1997-1998 Entomology||||||||: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/sci/lab/cpqp/9798entf.shtml EPPO report: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:6NugYbNM2OIJ:archives.eppo.org/EPPOReporting/2005/Rse- 0507.pdf+Heterobostrychus+hamatipennis&hl=en#4 Hawaii agricultural gateway. Hawaii Department of Agriculture’s Annual Report (2003.): http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/leg2004/Annual%20Report%20FY03%20Text.PDF International network for bamboo and rattan. Insect pests of bamboos by H. Wang, RV Varma, T. Xu.: http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/tr13/POSTright.htm Museum of Entomology. Florida State Collection of arthropods Gainesville. Beetles of Florida : http://www.fsca-dpi.org/Coleoptera/Mike/bostrich.htm 3. Diagnostic Images

AQIS NSW 1873 NC. Barrier Beach, Peters AQIS NSW 1873 NC. Barrier Beach, Peters NSW. Coll 18.1.2005 from insectary, ex NSW. Coll 18.1.2005 from insectary, ex cane basket. cane basket. Head side: Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker Lateral view: Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker Museums Victoria Museums Victoria AQIS NSW 1873 NC. Barrier Beach, Peters AQIS NSW 1873 NC. Barrier Beach, Peters NSW. Coll 18.1.2005 from insectary, ex NSW. Coll 18.1.2005 from insectary, ex cane basket. cane basket. Posterior view: Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker Pronotum: Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker Museums Victoria Museums Victoria

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