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A woodworm is the wood-eating larva of many species of beetle. It is also a generic description given to the infestation of a wooden item by these larvae.
Bostrichiformia is an infraorder of polyphagan beetles.
Bostrichoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It is the type superfamily of the infraorder Bostrichiformia.
Spider beetles make up the subfamily Ptininae, in the family Ptinidae. There are approximately 70 genera and 600 species in the subfamily, with about 12 genera and 70 species in North America north of Mexico.
Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea. There are at least 220 genera and 2,200 described species in Ptinidae worldwide. The family includes spider beetles and deathwatch beetles.
Xyletininae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 13 genera and at least 170 described species in Xyletininae.
Anobiinae is a subfamily of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae, with at least 45 genera. It was formerly considered a member of the family Anobiidae, but its family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.
Dorcatominae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 16 genera and at least 190 described species in Dorcatominae.
Dryophilinae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least six genera and two described species in Dryophilinae.
Eucradinae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 5 genera and about 18 described species in Eucradinae.
Tricorynus is a genus of deathwatch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 90 described species in Tricorynus.
Ptilininae is a subfamily of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae.
Ctenobium is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. There is at least one described species in Ctenobium, C. antennatum.
Ptinus sexpunctatus is a species of beetles in the genus Ptinus of the family Ptinidae. It is commonly known as the six-spotted spider beetle.
Niptinus is a genus of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least two described species in Niptinus.
Neohedobia is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There is one described species in Neohedobia, N. texana.
Ozognathus is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. They are native to the Americas.
Gnostus is a genus of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There is one described species in Gnostus, G. floridanus.
Trigonogenius is a genus of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about six described species in Trigonogenius.
Euceratocerini is a tribe of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 4 genera and about 18 described species in Euceratocerini.
References
- 1 2 3 Arango, R. A. and D. K. Young. Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI. USDA Forest Service. 2012. pg. 28.