1. PaDIL Species Factsheet
Scientific Name: Heterobostrychus pileatus Lesne, 1899 (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Bostrichinae: Bostrichini)
Common Name Auger beetle Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136001
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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: AQIS - Victoria - Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2008) Auger beetle(Heterobostrychus pileatus)Updated on 8/18/2021 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/136001
2.3. Facets Status: Exotic species - absent from Australia Group: Beetles Commodity Overview: Horticulture, Forestry Commodity Type: Timber, Fresh Stems Distribution: South and South-East Asia
2.4. Other Names False powderpost beetle
2.5. 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 pileatus_ is characterised by:
- Body length: 9.0-11.0mm - Apical declivity and elytra bare - Pronotum with posterior angles rounded - Frons with a distinct hairy gibbosity - Pronotum middle of basal half not punctured (females) or densely punctured (males) - Second segment of hind tarsus subequal to the last segment
Males:
- Pronotum noticeably longer than wide and produced anteriorly - Body stout
Females:
- Apex of elytral suture with distinct indentation - Frons with transverse diameter of the hairy gibbosity more than one-third of the distance between the eyes.
Source:
Graham Goodyer (2008). Identification of Bostrichid Beetles to Genus and Species (unpublished)
2.6. Web Links DAFF Draft import mango policy: http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0017/24821/dft_mango_india.doc 3. Diagnostic Images
ex Sri Lanka Jan 1983 in timber det. G. ex Sri Lanka Jan 1983 in timber det. G. Goodyer, 2004 Goodyer, 2004 Dorsal view: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Elytra: Ken Walker Museums Victoria
ex Sri Lanka Jan 1983 in timber det. G. ex Sri Lanka Jan 1983 in timber det. G. Goodyer, 2004 Goodyer, 2004 Head front: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Head side: Ken Walker Museums Victoria
ex Sri Lanka Jan 1983 in timber det. G. ex Sri Lanka Jan 1983 in timber det. G. Goodyer, 2004 Goodyer, 2004 Lateral view: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Posterior view: Ken Walker Museums Victoria ex Sri Lanka Jan 1983 in timber det. G. ex Sri Lanka Jan 1983 in timber det. G. Goodyer, 2004 Goodyer, 2004 Pronotum: Ken Walker Museums Victoria Thorax side: Ken Walker Museums Victoria
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