Family Bostrichidae Latreille 1802 (false powderpost beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Bostrichidae
Alternative spelling: Bostrychidae
Synonym: Lyctidae [replaced name]
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
Parent taxon: Bostrichoidea according to A. A. Legalov and J. Háva 2022
See also Crowson 1981
Sister taxa: Dermestidae, Endecatomidae, Ptinidae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Bostrichus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Russian Federation (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Colorado, Pennsylvania)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (4: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Myanmar (3)
Total: 16 collections including 35 occurrences