Capuchin beetle
Bostrichus capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedbeetles
The capuchin beetle (Bostrichus capucinus) is a species in the family Bostrichidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 7.91 mm in length.
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Quick facts about the capuchin beetle
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 7.91 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the capuchin beetle?
Where does the capuchin beetle live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the capuchin beetle as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the capuchin beetle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the capuchin beetle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyBostrichidae
- genusBostrichus
- SpeciesBostrichus capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Bostrychus capucinus, Dermestes capucinus
Other names and names in other languages (23)
- korovník dubovýCzech
- Roter KapuzinerkäferGerman
- KapuzinerkäferGerman
- Karminroter KapuzinerkäferGerman
- kapusiinikuoriainenFinnish
- CapucinFrench
- Bostryche moineFrench
- Le CapucinFrench
- piros csuklyásszúHungarian
- Paprastasis gaubtvabalisLithuanian
- kapucinerbilleNorwegian Bokmål
- CapucinekeverDutch
- KapucijnkeverDutch
- Rode houtkeverDutch
- Kapturnik kapucynekPolish
- Жук-капуцинRussian
- Капюшонник-капуцинRussian
- Капюшонник-ползунRussian
- pakôrnik dubovýSlovak
- kapucinbaggeSwedish
- rödvingad kapuschongbaggeSwedish
- 槲长蠹Chinese
- 红腹长盘蠹Chinese
Relatives of the capuchin beetle
Other species in the same genus Bostrichus.
CompareCapuchin beetle vs Bostrichus disparCapuchin beetle vs Bostrichus migrator
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the capuchin beetle?
An adult capuchin beetle measures 7.91 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the capuchin beetle an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the capuchin beetle as introduced in 1 country: Denmark, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the capuchin beetle?
The capuchin beetle (Bostrichus capucinus) belongs to the family Bostrichidae in the order Coleoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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