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Bostrichus
Taxonomy
Bostrichus was named by Geoffroy (1762). It is extant. It is the type genus of Bostrichoidea, Bostrichidae, Bostrichinae.
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Latreille (1796); to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775), Fabricius (1787), Fabricius (1792), Fabricius (1798); to Bostrichini by Latreille (1802); and to Bostrichini by Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Latreille (1796); to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775), Fabricius (1787), Fabricius (1792), Fabricius (1798); to Bostrichini by Latreille (1802); and to Bostrichini by Bouchard et al. (2011).
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G. Bostrichus Geoffroy 1762
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available