Heterobostrychus hamatipennis (Lesne, 1895)

Zhang, Yi-Feng, Meng, Ling-Zeng & Beaver, Roger A., 2022, A review of the non-lyctine powder-post beetles of Yunnan (China) with a new genus and new species (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), Zootaxa 5091 (4), pp. 501-545 : 520

Heterobostrychus hamatipennis (Lesne, 1895)

Fig. 19 (A, B)

Bostrychus hamatipennis Lesne, 1895:173 .

Distribution in China. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanghai, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang ( Hua 2002).

Other distribution. India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Probably introduced to the Comoro Is., Madagascar and Mauritius. Introduced to Europe and USA ( Liu & Beaver, 2018).

Host Plants. Beeson and Bhatia (1937) provide a long list of attacked trees, and the species is clearly polyphagous, and has a similar biology to H. aequalis .

Figures

FIGURE 19. (A, B) Lateral (A) and dorsal (B) views of Heterobostrychus hamatipennis (Lesne, 1895) (♂). Total horizontal scale bar of B =1 mm.