Ernobiinae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 8 genera and at least 90 described species in Ernobiinae.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Ernobiinae | |
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| Xestobium plumbeum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ptinidae |
| Subfamily: | Ernobiinae Pic, 1912 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The subfamily Dryophilinae, along with Anobiinae and several others, were formerly considered members of the family Anobiidae, but the family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.[5][3][4][2]
Genera
These 10 genera belong to the subfamily Ernobiinae:
- Episernomorphus Roubal, 1917 g
- Episernus Thomson, 1863 i c g b
- Ernobius Thomson, 1859 i c g b
- Microzogus Fall, 1905 i c g b
- Ochina Sturm, 1826 g
- Ozognathus LeConte, 1861 i c g b
- Paralobium Fall, 1905-01 i c g
- Utobium Fall, 1905 i c g b
- Xarifa Fall, 1905-01 i c g
- Xestobium Motschulsky, 1845 i c g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[7] b = Bugguide.net[2]
References
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38811. ISBN 978-0665070778.
- Lawrence, J.F.; Newton Jr., A.F. (1995). Pakaluk, James; Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam (eds.). Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Vol. 2. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. pp. 779–1006. ISBN 978-83-85192-34-3.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
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