Dinoderus brevis Horn, 1878: 549

Liu, Lan-Yu, 2021, An annotated synopsis of the powder post beetles (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) of Mainland China, Zootaxa 5081 (3), pp. 389-419 : 403

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scientific name	Dinoderus brevis Horn, 1878: 549
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Dinoderus brevis Horn, 1878: 549 View in CoL . ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 )

Distribution in mainland Chin a: Unspecified locality in mainland China (Borowski 2007).

Other distributio n. Indo-China, South and South-East Asia, Africa, Central and South America (PaDIL 2017).

Biology. This species is polyphagous ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937). It breeds in bamboo, rattan and wood with a high starch content, but is also recorded tunnelling in the wood of both angiosperm and coniferous trees ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937).

References

Beeson, C. F. C. & Bhatia, B. M. (1937) On the biology of the Bostrychidae (Coleopt.). Indian Forest Records, New Series Entomology, 2, 223 - 323.

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FIGURE 8. Dorsal view of subfamily Dinoderinae. A. Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Wollaston, 1858). B. D. brevis Horn, 1878. C. D. favosus Lesne, 1911, Type (NHML). E. D. japonicus Lesne, 1895. E. D. minutus (Fabricius, 1775). F. D. ocellaris Stephens, 1830, lateral view. G. D. ochraceipennis Lesne, 1906, Type (NHML). H. D. speculifer Lesne, 1895. I. Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius, 1792). J. Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878). K. Stephanopachys linearis (Kugelann, 1792). L. S. himalayanus Lesne, 1932.