Lyctus carbonarius

Waltl, 1832 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Bostrichidae/Lyctus

At a glance

Occurrence records171

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections4

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Lyctus carbonarius's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility171 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF171 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

01Narrative

Lyctus carbonarius is a wood-boring beetle in the family Bostrichidae (formerly in the family Lyctidae, which is now a subfamily of Bostrichidae), commonly known as the southern lyctus beetle or lyctid powderpost beetle.Texas AgriLife Extension It is a serious pest of hardwoods including ash, hickory, oak, maple and mahogany and can infest many products in the home including hardwood flooring and structural timbers, plywood, furniture, tool handles, picture frames, baskets and ladders. Timber can be infested in one location and then be transported large distances by ship, after which the beetles can emerge and spread the infestation to new areas.University of Florida Lyctus planicollis LeConte, 1859 is considered a synonym of the species of Lyctus carbonarius.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding4 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Lyctus carbonarius has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections4

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type171 records

Wild obs. + sensor6

Museum / vouchered165

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO108 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 1

5 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor6

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy9% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 14≤10 km 81>10 km 68

164 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence165

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Lexington, US	89
East Lansing, US	66
Helsinki, FI	5
Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - AGROSAVIAlocation not on record	1
Brussels, BE	1
Ciudad de México, MX	1
University of Alabamalocation not on record	1
US	1

8 institutions · 165 of 165 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Lyctus carbonarius was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found4

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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