Prostephanus
Prostephanus is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are about five described species in Prostephanus.[1][2][3][4]

Prostephanus punctatus
| Prostephanus | |
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| Prostephanus punctatus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Bostrichidae | 
| Subfamily: | Dinoderinae | 
| Genus: | Prostephanus Lesne, 1898  | 
Species
    
These five species belong to the genus Prostephanus:
- Prostephanus apax Lesne, 1930
 - Prostephanus arizonicus Fisher, 1950
 - Prostephanus punctatus (Say, 1826)
 - Prostephanus sulcicollis (Fairmaire & Germain, 1861)
 - Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878) (larger grain borer)
 
References
    
- "Prostephanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 - "Prostephanus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 - "Prostephanus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 - 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.
 
Further reading
    
- 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.
 
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