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The deathwatch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) is a species of woodboring beetle that sometimes infests the structural timbers of old buildings. The adult beetle is brown and measures on average 7 mm (0.3 in) long.
Hemicoelus gibbicollis, known generally as California deathwatch beetle, is a species of death-watch beetle in the family Ptinidae. Other common names include the Pacific powder post beetle and western deathwatch beetle. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3]
These 12 species belong to the genus Hemicoelus: Hemicoelus canaliculatus (Thomson, 1863) g; Hemicoelus carinatus (Say, 1823) i c g b (eastern deathwatch beetle) Hemicoelus costatus (Aragona, 1830) g; Hemicoelus defectus (Fall, 1905) i c g b; Hemicoelus favonii Bukejs, Alekseev, Cooper, King & Mckellar, 2017 g; Hemicoelus fulvicornis (Sturm ...
Hemicoelus carinatus is a species in the subfamily Anobiinae ("death-watch beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles"). [1] [2] The species is known generally as the "Eastern deathwatch beetle". [3] It is found in North America. [2]
The deathwatch beetles Xestobium rufovillosum, Hemicoelus carinatus, and Hemicoelus gibbicollis are economically significant pests, damaging flooring, joists, and other timber in housing. The "furniture beetle", Anobium punctatum , is a species that is often found emerging from in-home wood furnishings.
Anobiinae is the subfamily of death-watch beetles [3] in the family Ptinidae, with at least 45 genera. [4] [5] [1] It was formerly considered a member of the family Anobiidae, but its family name has since been changed to Ptinidae. [1] [6] [7] [5] The larvae of a number of species tend to bore into wood, earning them the name "woodworm" or ...
Species: H. canaliculatus. Binomial name; ... (Thomson, 1863) Hemicoelus canaliculatus is a species of death-watch beetle in the family Ptinidae. [1] [2] [3] References
Ptilinus is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. It is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, the Neotropical and North Africa. There are at least nine described species in Ptilinus. [1] [2] [3] [4]