Dinoderus

Dinoderus is a genus of bamboo powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are more than 20 described species in Dinoderus.[1][2][3][4]

Dinoderus
Dinoderus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Bostrichidae
Subfamily: Dinoderinae
Genus: Dinoderus
Stephens, 1830
Subgenera
  • Dinoderus (Dinoderastes) Lesne, 1914
  • Dinoderus (Dinoderus) Lesne, 1914

Description

In adults of Dinoderus, the pronotum 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 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.[5]

Pests

Some species in this genus, namely D. japonicus, D. minutus, D. ocellaris and D. brevis are major pests of bamboo, attacking both harvested culms and finished products. Adults enter culms via wounds or cut ends, make horizontal tunnels and deposit eggs. These hatch into larvae, which bore longitudinally in culms, making criss-crossing tunnels.[5]

They also attack wood and stored foods,[6] such as yam chips[7] and cassava chips.[8]

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 Wickham, 1913
  • Dinoderus distinctus Lesne, 1897
  • Dinoderus exilis Lesne, 1932
  • Dinoderus favosus 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 Lesne, 1921
  • Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius, 1775) (bamboo powderpost beetle)
  • Dinoderus nitidus Lesne, 1897
  • Dinoderus oblongopunctatus Lesne, 1923
  • Dinoderus ocellaris Stephens, 1830
  • Dinoderus ochraceipennis Lesne, 1906
  • Dinoderus papuanus Lesne, 1899
  • Dinoderus perfoliatus 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
  1. "Dinoderus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Dinoderus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)". Zootaxa. 3754 (4): 301–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1. PMID 24869695.
  4. Walker, K. (August 19, 2021). "Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius, 1775)". Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  5. Buchelos, C.Th. (2017-06-02). "Dinoderus minutus and D. breνis (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae): Two Exotic Wood Borers Introduced to Greece". Entomologia Hellenica. 9: 13. doi:10.12681/eh.13987. ISSN 2459-3885.
  6. Loko, Yêyinou Laura Estelle; Toffa, Joelle; Bada, Baptista; Dassou, Gbèblonoudo Anicet; Zanzana, Karimou; Gavoedo, Dieudonné; Adikpeto, Josky; Tamo, Manuele (2022). "Potential of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to control Dinoderus porcellus (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) infesting yam chips". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 25 (2): 101885. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2022.101885. S2CID 246509233.
  7. Borgemeister, Christian; Schäfer, Kerstin; Goergen, Georg; Awande, Symphorien; Setamou, Mamoudou; Poehling, Hans-Michael; Scholz, Dagmar (1999-09-01). "Host-Finding Behavior of Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), an Important Pest of Stored Cassava: the Role of Plant Volatiles and Odors of Conspecifics". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92 (5): 766–771. doi:10.1093/aesa/92.5.766. ISSN 1938-2901.

Further reading
  • Spilman, T. J. (1982). "False powderpost beetles of the genus Dinoderus in North America (Coleoptera, Bostrichidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 36 (2): 193–196. JSTOR 4008051.
  • Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
  • Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) (PDF). General Technical Report. Vol. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
  • Media related to Dinoderus at Wikimedia Commons
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