Dryocora

Dryocora is a genus of beetle in the family Prostomidae.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It was discovered in 1686 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe and is found in Southern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.^[1][3][5]

Dryocora
Dryocora howitti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Prostomidae
Genus:	Dryocora Pascoe, 1868
Species
Dryocora cephalotes (Waterhouse, 1877) Dryocora howitti Pascoe, 1868 Dryocora simoni (Grouvelle, 1893) Dryocora walkeri Lea, 1904
Synonyms
Adelostela Ganglbauer, 1883 Adelostella Broun, 1880 Bessaphilus Waterhouse, 1877

Taxonomy

Dryocora has the following three synonyms:^[1][5]

• Adelostela Ganglbauer, 1883
• Adelostella^[3] Broun, 1880
• Bessaphilus^[3] Waterhouse, 1877

The genus has the following four species:^[3][4][5]

• Dryocora cephalotes (Waterhouse, 1877)
• Dryocora howitti Pascoe, 1868
• Dryocora simoni (Grouvelle, 1893)
• Dryocora walkeri Lea, 1904

Larva of Dryocora howitti