Anobiidae

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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.

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It includes the subgroups:

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• 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 beetles)
• 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 (death watch beetles)
• Eucradinae Le Conte, 1861
• Hedobia Dejean, 1821
• Ptilininae Shuckard, 1840
• Pseudoptilinus Leiler, 1963
• Ptilinus M?ller, 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

Family: :This article is about the human domestic group. For other uses, see Family (disambiguation)....

Larva: A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians)....

Woodworm: A woodworm is not a specific species. It is the larval stage of certain wood-boring beetles including:...