Dryophilinae Explained

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.

The subfamily Dryophilinae, along with Anobiinae and several others, were formerly considered members of the family Anobiidae, the but family name has since been changed to Ptinidae.

Genera

These six genera belong to the subfamily Dryophilinae:

• Dryophilus Chevrolat, 1832

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• Grynobius Thomson, 1859

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• Homophthalmus Abeille de Perrin, 1875

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• Neodryophilus Espaol & Belles, 1981

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• Pseudodryophilus Heyden, 1891

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• Ptilineurus Reitter, 1902-01

^{i c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arango. Rachel A.. Young. Daniel K.. 2012. Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2018-08-30. 2018-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180720212459/https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr209.pdf. dead.
• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Borowski . Jerzy. Wegrzynowicz . Piotr. 2007. World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. 9788392618218.
• Book: Lawrence . J.F.. Newton Jr. . A.F.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. 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. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 2. 779–1006. 978-83-85192-34-3.
• Book: LeConte. J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 978-0395910894. registration.