''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family
Bostrichidae
The Bostrichidae are a family of beetles with more than 700 described species. They are commonly called auger beetles, false powderpost beetles, or horned powderpost beetles. The head of most auger beetles cannot be seen from above, as it is down ...
. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
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Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum ( dorsal), the prosternum ( ventral), and the propleuron ( lateral) o ...
is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a feature shared with other Dinoderinae). The body ranges from 2.2 to 4.5 mm in length. The pronotum has posterolateral carina, though these are weakly developed in some species. The elytra
An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs ( Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes altern ...
are never more than twice as long as the pronotum. The second segment of the antenna is less than half as long as the first segment.
Pests
Some species in this genus, namely ''D. japonicus'', ''D. minutus'', ''D. ocellaris'' and ''D. brevis'' are major pests of bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, ...
, attacking both harvested culms and finished products. Adults enter culms via wounds or cut ends, make horizontal tunnels and deposit eggs
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. These hatch into larvae
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T ...
, which bore longitudinally in culms, making criss-crossing tunnels.yam
Yam or YAM may refer to:
Plants and foods
*Yam (vegetable), common name for members of ''Dioscorea''
* Taro, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam
* Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North Amer ...
chips and cassava
''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated a ...
chips.
Species
These 28 species belong to the genus ''Dinoderus'':
* '' Dinoderus bifoveolatus'' (Wollaston, 1858)
* '' Dinoderus borneanus'' Lesne, 1933
* '' Dinoderus brevis'' Horn, 1878
* '' Dinoderus creberrimus'' Lesne, 1941
* ''Dinoderus cuneicollis
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above ( ...
'' Wickham, 1913
* '' Dinoderus distinctus'' Lesne, 1897
* ''Dinoderus exilis
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a ...
'' Lesne, 1932
* ''Dinoderus favosus
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a ...
'' Lesne, 1911
* '' Dinoderus gabonicus'' Lesne, 1921
* '' Dinoderus gardneri'' Lesne, 1933
* '' Dinoderus glabripennis'' Lesne, 1911
* '' Dinoderus japonicus'' Lesne, 1895 (Japanese shot-hole borer)
* '' Dinoderus koi'' Borowski & Wegrzynowicz, 2013
* ''Dinoderus mangiferae
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above ( ...
'' Lesne, 1921
* ''Dinoderus minutus
''Dinoderus minutus'', the Bamboo borer, is a species of wood-boring beetle. In tropical regions (and perhaps others), it is one of the main pests of bamboo, attracted by the internal starch
Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate con ...
'' (Fabricius, 1775) (bamboo powderpost beetle)
* ''Dinoderus nitidus
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a ...
'' Lesne, 1897
* ''Dinoderus oblongopunctatus
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a ...
'' Lesne, 1923
* ''Dinoderus ocellaris
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a ...
'' Stephens, 1830
* ''Dinoderus ochraceipennis
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a ...
'' Lesne, 1906
* ''Dinoderus papuanus
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above ( ...
'' Lesne, 1899
* ''Dinoderus perfoliatus
''Dinoderus'' is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Dinoderus''.
Description
In adults of ''Dinoderus'', the pronotum is hood-like and conceals the head from above (a ...
'' Gorham, 1886
* '' Dinoderus perplexus'' Lesne, 1932
* '' Dinoderus piceolus'' Lesne, 1933
* '' Dinoderus politulus'' Lesne, 1941
* '' Dinoderus porcellus'' Lesne, 1923
* '' Dinoderus punctatissimus'' Lesne, 1897
* '' Dinoderus scabricauda'' Lesne, 1914
* '' Dinoderus speculifer'' Lesne, 1895
References
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