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Scania beetle

Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878)

Status not recordedbeetles

The scania beetle (Prostephanus truncatus) is a species in the family Bostrichidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the scania beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the scania beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the scania beetle as introduced in 10 countries, and flagged as invasive in 4 of them.

  1. Ghanainvasive
  2. Kenyainvasive
  3. Malawiinvasive
  4. Togoinvasive
  5. Burkina Faso
  6. Burundi
  7. Nigeria
  8. Senegal
  9. South Africa
  10. United States

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 scania 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 scania beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyBostrichidae
  6. genusProstephanus
  7. SpeciesProstephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878)
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Greater grain borerEnglish
  • Larger grain borerEnglish
  • 大谷蠹Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the scania beetle

Other species in the same genus Prostephanus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the scania beetle an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the scania beetle as invasive in 4 countries: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Togo. It lists it as introduced in 10 in all.

What kind of animal is the scania beetle?

The scania beetle (Prostephanus truncatus) belongs to the family Bostrichidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Scania beetle (Prostephanus truncatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/scania-beetle

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BibTeX
@misc{scania_beetle_2026,
  title = {Scania beetle (Prostephanus truncatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/scania-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}