Genus Gibbium

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks

Unidentified Insect - Gibbium aequinoctiale

tiny, tiny insect needs Identification - Gibbium

What is this bug? - Gibbium aequinoctiale

Slow Crawler - Unidentified - Gibbium aequinoctiale

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Bostrichoidea (Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles)

Family Anobiidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)

Subfamily Ptininae (Spider Beetles)

Genus Gibbium

Numbers

A single species in N-America (G.aequinoctiale).

Nearctica.com lists G.psylloides, but in error.

Range

Almost world wide by trade; origin unknown.

Remarks

Gibbium Scopoli, 1777; type species: Gibbium psylloides (Czempinski, 1778) (almost cosmopolitan)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 June, 2006 - 7:52pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 21 December, 2008 - 8:31am

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