Anobiidae
Fan-bearing wood-borer, Hedobia imperialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Infraorder: Bostrichiformia Superfamily: Bostrichoidea Family: Anobiidae Fleming, 1821 Image File history File links A photo of a Fan-bearing Wood-borer (Hedobia imperialis). ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga See subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles are one of the main groups of insects. ... Superfamilies Bostrichoidea Derodontoidea Bostrichiformia is an infraorder of Polyphagan beetles. ... Families See text. ...
Genera
See text. See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ...

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. Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga See subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles are one of the main groups of insects. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... A woodworm is not a specific species. ... The Death Watch Beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) is a beetle whose larvae consume wood. ...

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
  • 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 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