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Tribe Nicobiini

Nicobium castaneum (Olivier) - Nicobium castaneum Trichodesma cristata Trichodesma  - Trichodesma klagesi Ptinidae - Trichodesma gibbosa Death-watch beetle - Trichodesma cristata Trichodesma sp.? - Trichodesma cristata Trichodesma Trichodesma klagesi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily Anobiinae (Death-watch Beetles)
Tribe Nicobiini
Explanation of Names
Nicobiini White 1982
Numbers
12 spp. in 3 genera in our area, all but two in Trichodesma(1)
Range
much of NA(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.