Anobiidae

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Anobiidae
Fan-bearing wood-borer, Hedobia imperialis
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 bore into wood, earning the name "woodworm" or "wood borer". A few species are pests, causing damage to wooden furniture and house structures, notably the death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, and the common furniture beetle, Anobium punctatum.

It includes the subgroups:

  • Anobiinae Kirby, 1837
  • 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
  • Eucradinae Le Conte, 1861
    • Hedobia Dejean, 1821
  • Ptilininae Shuckard, 1840
  • 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
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