{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = COLE Bostrichidae Euderia squamosa m.png | image_caption = ''Euderia squamosa'' | genus = Euderia | species = squamosa | grandparent_authority = Lesne, 1934 | parent_authority = Broun, 1880 | authority = Broun, 1880 }}

'''''Euderia''''' is a genus of beetles found in New Zealand. It monotypic, being represented by the single species '''''Euderia squamosa'''''.

== Description == ''Euderia squamosa'' is characterised by protuberances on the elytra and dorsal surface of the pronotum, a 3-segmented antennal club with long flabellate branches for males and shorter segments for females, and protruding eyes.<ref>Klimaszewski, J., Watt, J. C., & Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. (1997). ''Coleoptera : family-group review and keys to identification''. Manaaki Whenua Press.</ref> Euderia squamosa adults have been collected by beating Nothofagus branches. Larvae have been found in galleries in moist bark of dead or damaged trees. Roy Crowson provided a detailed description of the bostrichid larva.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Crowson |first=R.A. |date=1961 |title=Considerations on the genera Endocatomus Mellie and Euderia Broun (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae), with descriptions of their larvae |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London |volume=B(30) |pages=113- 120.}}</ref>

== References == * {{aut|Broun, T.}} 1880: ''Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera''. Government Printer, Wellington. * {{aut|Crowson, R.A.}} 1961: Considerations on the genera ''Endecatomus'' Mellié and ''Euderia'' Broun (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae), with descriptions of their larvae. ''Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' (B), '''30''': 113–120.

===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Borowski|first=Jerzy |author2=Węgrzynowicz, Piotr |year=2012 |title=The Powderpost Beetles of the World (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Keys for the Identification of Species, Volume 1 |publisher=Mantis |isbn=9788362860036 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=svMZlAEACAAJ|ref=refEvans}} {{refend}}

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Category:Bostrichidae Category:Taxa named by Thomas Broun

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