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Species Priobium carpini

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 Hadrobregmini

Genus Priobium

Species carpini (Priobium carpini)

Explanation of Names

Priobium carpini (Herbst 1793)

Size

3.5-5 mm(1)

Range

native to the Palaearctic (Europe to e. Siberia)(1), adventive in NA (MD)(2)

Habitat

fungus-infested wood of conifer & deciduous trees; will attack structural timber and wooden objects(3)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: MD 1984(2)

Works Cited

1.	Zabaluev I.A. (2006-2013) Encyclopedia of insects

2.	Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.

3.	Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by v belov on 12 March, 2015 - 7:43am
Last updated 25 December, 2020 - 1:28pm

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