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 Fan-bearing wood-borer, Hedobia imperialis
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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
- 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
- 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 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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