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Lyctus brunneus

Lyctus brunneus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Bostrichidae
Subfamily: Lyctinae
Tribe: Lyctini
Genus: Lyctus
Species: L. brunneus
Binomial name
Lyctus brunneus
(Stephens, 1830)

Lyctus brunneus is a species of beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is a member of the subfamily Lyctinae, the powderpost beetles. It is known commonly as the brown powderpost beetle or brown lyctus beetle. Today it is distributed worldwide but it was probably originally native to the Neotropical region.

Like other powderpost beetles, this species lives in wood.



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