Polycaon (beetle)

Polycaon is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are at least four described species in Polycaon.[1][2][3][4]

Polycaon
Polycaon chilensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Bostrichidae
Subfamily:	Polycaoninae
Genus:	Polycaon Laporte, 1836

Species

These four species belong to the genus Polycaon:

• Polycaon chilensis (Erichson, 1834) ^{i c g}
• Polycaon granulatus Van Dyke, 1923 ^{i c g}
• Polycaon punctatus LeConte, 1866 ^{i c g}
• Polycaon stoutii (LeConte, 1853) ^{i c g b} (black polycaon)

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Polycaon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
2. "Browse Polycaon". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
3. "Polycaon". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
4. "Polycaon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

Further reading

• Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
• Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) (PDF). General Technical Report. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

External links

• Media related to Polycaon at Wikimedia Commons