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Anobiidae
Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea. There are at least 220 genera and 2,200 described species in Ptinidae worldwide. The family includes spider beetles and deathwatch beetle, as well as the cigarette, drugstore and furniture beetles. The Ptinidae family species are hard to identify because they are so small, and they have a compact body structure. They also have similar morphologies within the genera and species of the family. There are three main groups in the superfamily Bostrichoidea: Bostrichidae, Anobiidae, and Ptinidae. These have undergone frequent changes in hierarchical classification since their inception. They have been treated as a single family, three independent families, the two families Bostrichidae and Anobiidae, or the two families Bostrichidae and Ptinidae. More recent literature treats these as the two families Bostrichidae and Ptinidae, with Anobiidae a subfamily of Ptinidae (Anobiinae). Spider beetles are so named because t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasioderma Serricorne
''Lasioderma serricorne'', more commonly referred to as the cigarette beetle, cigar beetle, or tobacco beetle, is a small beetle that shares a resemblance with the drugstore beetle (''Stegobium paniceum)'' and the common furniture beetle (''Anobium punctatum''). The cigarette beetle, along with the drugstore and furniture beetles, all belong to the beetle family Ptinidae. The cigarette beetle can be distinguished from ''Common furniture beetle, A. punctatum'' by its flatter thorax, whereas ''A. punctatum'' boasts a humped thorax. The cigarette beetle can be further differentiated from ''S. paniceum'' by its uniformly serrated antennae with unmodified apex, unlike the three-segmented apical "club" of ''S. paniceum.'' Additionally, ''L. serricorne'' has no evident grooves in its elytra, or hardened wing covers, compared to ''A. punctatum'' and ''S. paniceum'' which both have grooves. In addition to cigarette beetle, other common names for ''L. serricorne'' include “tobacco bug,” ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
