Hylotrupes is a monotypic genus of woodboring beetles in the family Cerambycidae, the longhorn beetles. The sole species, Hylotrupes bajulus, is known by several common names, including house longhorn beetle, old house borer,[1] and European house borer.[2] In South Africa it also is known as the Italian beetle because of infested packing cases that had come from Italy.[3]Hylotrupes is the only genus in the tribe Hylotrupini.
^Hylotrupes bajulus. Pest Insects of our Cultural Heritage.
^European House Borer. Department of Agriculture and Food, Government of Western Australia.
^Smit, Bernard. "Insects in South Africa: How to control them". Oxford University Press 1964
Hylotrupes is a monotypic genus of woodboring beetles in the family Cerambycidae, the longhorn beetles. The sole species, Hylotrupes bajulus, is known...
lumber (or, occasionally, to wood in buildings; the old-house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus, is a particular problem indoors). Many longhorns locate and recognize...
effective for the common furniture beetle and the house longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus) but not for the deathwatch beetle. However, adults of the deathwatch...
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