Polycaon (beetle)
Genus of beetles
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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 | |
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| Polycaon chilensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Bostrichidae |
| Subfamily: | Polycaoninae |
| Genus: | Polycaon Laporte, 1836 |
Description
Beetles in this genus are 10.5-25.5 mm long with flattened bodies. The head is visible from above, instead of being hidden under a hoodlike pronotum like in some other bostrichids. The sides of the pronotum are convex. The tibia of each foreleg has a large, curved spine at its apex and has two terminal spurs inside.[5]
Species
These species belong to the genus Polycaon:
- Polycaon chilensis (Erichson, 1834) i c g
- Polycaon granulatus (Van Dyke, 1923) i c g
- Found in North America[8]
- Polycaon punctatus (LeConte, 1866) i c g
- Found in Central America[9]
- Polycaon sinensis Liu & Beaver, 2023
- Found in China[10]
- Polycaon stoutii (LeConte, 1853) i c g b - black polycaon
- Found in western North America[11]
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
