Lyctus brunneus is a xylophage (wood-eating) insect[1] a species of beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is a member of the subfamily Lyctinae, the powderpost beetles. It is known commonly as the brown powderpost beetle[2] or brown lyctus beetle.

Today it is distributed worldwide but it was probably originally native to the Neotropical realm.[3]

Like other powderpost beetles, this species lives in wood.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wood Eating Bugs - Insects That Eat Wood, Animal Wised, accessed 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ Lyctus brunneus. PaDIL.
  3. ^ Ebeling, W. Chapter 5: Wood-Destroying Insects and Fungi. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Urban Entomology. UC Riverside Entomology.
  4. ^ Pest Notes: Wood-Boring Beetles in Homes. Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. UC ANR Publication 7418.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyctus_brunneus
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