Bostrichoidea

Coleoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Lasioderma serricorne (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Kamran Iftikhar
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Bostrichoidea - (powder-post/drugstore beetles)

This superfamily contains around 3,000 species from a number of beetle families which are wood borers or storage pests. It includes several pest species of economic importance like the lesser grain borer or the drugstore beetle. The C-shaped larvae have a spherical heads and mouthparts which are slanting downwards. The group is related to the superfamily of Cucujoidea.

The following families of Scarabaeoidea have been entered into the system:

• Anobiidae (drugstore beetles)
• Bostrichidae (false powder-post beetles)
• Lyctidae (true powderpost beetles)