Species Ernobius mollis - Pine Bark Anobiid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Ernobiinae

Tribe Ernobiini

Genus Ernobius

Species mollis (Pine Bark Anobiid)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anobiid Bark Beetle(1)

Explanation of Names

Ernobius mollis (Linnaeus 1758)

Size

2.8-6.2 mm(2)

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (NF-ON & e. US)(3)(1) (considered of uncertain origin in(4))

Habitat

infests softwood timber, especially with small sections of bark remaining; feeds in outer sapwood beneath the bark; does not reinfest or cause structural damage to wood(1); sawmills, books(4)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: PA 1846(5)

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

2.	Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

4.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

5.	The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia) C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.

Contributed by v belov on 26 December, 2013 - 3:35am
Last updated 11 March, 2015 - 8:28am

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