Anobiidae
Anobiidae | |
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fan-bearing wood-borer, Hedobia imperialis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Bostrichiformia |
Superfamily: | Bostrichoidea |
Family: | Anobiidae Fleming, 1821 |
Genera | |
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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
- Dryophilinae LeConte, 1861
- Dryophilus Chevrolat, 1832
- Grynobius Thomson, 1859
- Ernobiinae Pic, 1912
- Eucradinae Le Conte, 1861
- Hedobia Dejean, 1821
- Ptilininae Shuckard, 1840
- Pseudoptilinus Leiler, 1963
- Ptilinus Müller, 1764
- Ptininae Latreille, 1802 (spider beetles)
- Xyletininae Gistel, 1856
- Lasioderma Stephens, 1835 (cigarette beetles)
- Xyletinus Latreille, 1809
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