Lyctus brunneus

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| genus = Lyctus

| species = brunneus

| authority = (Stephens, 1830)

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Lyctus brunneus is a xylophage (wood-eating) insect[https://www.animalwised.com/wood-eating-bugs-insects-that-eat-wood-3264.html Wood Eating Bugs - Insects That Eat Wood], Animal Wised, accessed 31 July 2020. a species of beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is a member of the subfamily Lyctinae, the powderpost beetles. It is known commonly as the brown powderpost beetle[http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/135578 Lyctus brunneus.] PaDIL. or brown lyctus beetle.

Today it is distributed worldwide but it was probably originally native to the Neotropical realm.Ebeling, W. [http://insects.ucr.edu/ebeling/ebel5-2.html Chapter 5: Wood-Destroying Insects and Fungi.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092812/http://insects.ucr.edu/ebeling/ebel5-2.html |date=2016-03-04 }} Urban Entomology. UC Riverside Entomology.

Like other powderpost beetles, this species lives in wood.[http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7418.html Pest Notes: Wood-Boring Beetles in Homes.] Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. UC ANR Publication 7418.