Xyletininae

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

Xyletininae
Lasioderma serricorne, drugstore beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Ptinidae
Subfamily:	Xyletininae Gistel, 1848

Xyletinus ater

The subfamily Xyletininae, along with Anobiinae and several others, were formerly considered members of the family Anobiidae, the but family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.[5][3][4][2]

Genera

These 13 genera belong to the subfamily Xyletininae:

• Euvrilletta Fall, 1905 ^{i c g b}
• Holcobius Sharp, 1881 ^{i c g}
• Lasioderma Stephens, 1835 ^{i c g b}
• Megorama Fall, 1905 ^{i c g b}
• Metholcus Jacquelin du Val, 1860 ^g
• Neoxyletobius Español & Viñolas, 1996-01 ^{i c g}
• Paraxyletinus Espaol, 1972 ^g
• Pseudoptilinus Leiler, 1963 ^g
• Trachelobrachys Gemminger, 1870 ^g
• Vrilletta LeConte, 1874 ^{i c g b}
• Xyletinites Heyden, 1866 ^g
• Xyletinus Latreille, 1809 ^{i c g b}
• Xyletomerus Fall, 1905 ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[7] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. "Xyletininae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
2. "Xyletininae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
3. Bell, Karen Leanne; Philips, T. Keith (2011). "Molecular systematics and evolution of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) and related families" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London. 165: 88–108. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00792.x.
4. Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). "Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera". Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-67-5.
5. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
6. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-08-29.
7. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-08-29.

Further reading

• Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). "Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)" (PDF). General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
• Lawrence, J.F.; Newton Jr., A.F. (1995). Pakaluk, James; Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam (eds.). Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. 2. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. pp. 779–1006. ISBN 83-85192-34-4.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.