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Friday, May 22, 2015

Anobiidae is a family of beetles. The larvae of a number of species tend to bore into wood, earning them the name "woodworm" or "wood borer". A few species are pests, causing damage to wooden furniture and house structures, notably the deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, and the common furniture beetle, Anobium punctatum.

It includes the subgroups:

  • Anobiinae Kirby, 1837
    • Anobium Fabricius, 1775 (furniture beetles)
    • Gastrallus Jacquelin du Val, 1860
    • Hadrobregmus Thomson, 1859
    • Microbregma Seidlitz, 1889
    • Oligomerus Redtenbacher, 1849
    • Priobium Motschulsky, 1845
    • Stegobium Motschulsky, 1860 (drugstore beetle)
  • Dorcatominae Thomson, 1859
    • Anitys Thomson, 1863
    • Caenocara Thomson, 1859
    • Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792
    • Stagetus Wollaston, 1861
  • Dryophilinae LeConte, 1861
    • Dryophilus Chevrolat, 1832
    • Grynobius Thomson, 1859
  • Ernobiinae Pic, 1912
    • Episernus Thomson, 1863
    • Ernobius Thomson, 1859
    • Ochina Sturm, 1826 (ivy-boring beetles)
    • Xestobium Motschulsky, 1845 (deathwatch beetles)
  • Eucradinae Le Conte, 1861
    • Hedobia Dejean, 1821
  • Ptilininae Shuckard, 1840
    • Pseudoptilinus Leiler, 1963
    • Ptilinus Müller, 1764
  • Ptininae Latreille, 1802 (spider beetles)
    • Eupauloecus Mulsant & Rey, 1868
    • Gibbium Scopoli, 1777
    • Mezium Curtis, 1828
    • Niptus Boieldieu, 1856
    • Pseudeurostus Heyden, 1906
    • Ptinus Linnaeus, 1767
    • Sphaericus Wollaston, 1854
    • Trigonogenius Solier, 1849
  • Xyletininae Gistel, 1856
    • Lasioderma Stephens, 1835 (cigarette beetles)
    • Xyletinus Latreille, 1809

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