''Anobium inexspectatum'' is a species of

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in the family

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. It is native to Europe, its distribution extending to

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. The

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e are found only on

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(''Hedera helix'').Nardi, G., and Zahradník, P. (2004)
Bostrichidae and Anobiidae (Coleoptera).
In: ''Invertebrati di una foresta della Pianura Padana, Bosco della Fontana, Secondo contributo.'' ''Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati'' 3, 125-139.

References

Anobiinae Beetles described in 1954 {{Bostrichoidea-stub