Xylomeira

Lesne, 1901

horned powder-post beetles

Xylomeira is a of in the , established by Lesne in 1901. The genus contains a single described , Xylomeira tridens. Members of this genus belong to the tribe Xyloperthini within the Bostrichinae. Like other bostrichids, these are wood-boring .

Xylomeira tridens by Sarah McCaffrey, Museum Victoria. Used under a CC BY 3.0 au license.

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The is , containing only Xylomeira tridens. The tribe Xyloperthini includes several genera of small to -sized , many of which have distinctive cephalic horns or in males.

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