Family Anobiidae

The drugstore and deathwatch beetles

Subfamily Ernobiinae

Tribe Ozognathini

• M. insolens Fall, FL (DAD, MON, Key West (t.l.)), Bahamas (Andros)

Ozognathus LeConte

• O. floridanus LeConte, TX-NJ-KY-FL

Tribe Ernobiini

Ernobius Thomson

• E. granulatus LeConte, eUS, FL (ALA, BAK, BRA, HIG, LIB, MON, ORA, SAR, SEM, SRO)
• E. mollis (Linnaeus), eUS, FL (BRO)
• E. parvus White, FL (LIB)
• E. tenuicorne LeConte, FL (ALA, HIG)

Subfamily Anobiinae

Tribe Gastrallini

• F. librinocens (Fisher), FL endemic (PAS)

Tribe Nicobiini

Nicobium LeConte

• +N. castaneum (Oliver), seUS, TX-FL (ALA, LAK, LEE), Europe

Trichodesma LeConte

• T. gibbosa (Say), eUS, FL (LIB, MON), Bahamas (Andros)
• T. sp., FL (MON, in R.M. Brattain Collection), Bahamas

Tribe Stegobiini

Stegobium Motschulsky

• +S. paniceum (Linnaeus), the drugstore beetle, cosmopolitan, widespread NAmer, FL (ALA, BRO, MARI), Cuba, Puerto Rico; a pest in a wide variety of stored organic materials (see White 1964)

Tribe Hadrobregmini

Priobium Motschulsky

• P. sericeum (Say), eUS, swUS, FL

Subfamily Xyletininae

Tribe Xyletinini

Euvrilletta Fall (see White 1985)

• E. m. mucorea (LeConte), seUS, FL (ALA, BAY, HIG, OKA, ORA), Bahamas (Andros)
• E. peltata (Harris), FL (ALA, DES, HIG, POL, SRO, WAK)

Tribe Lasiodermini

Lasioderma Stephens

• L. semirufum Fall (or near), FL (PUT)
• +L. serricorne (Fabricius), the cigarette beetle, cosmopolitan, widespread NAmer, FL (ALA, CLA, DAD, LEE, MAN, MON, ORA), Cuba, Puerto Rico; a pest of tobacco and a wide variety of dry organic materials (see White 1964)

Subfamily Dorcatominae

Tribe Calymmaderini

Calymmaderus Solier

• C. advenus Fall, FL (DAD, Miami (t.l.))
• C. nitidus (LeConte), eUS, FL (ALA, MON), Bahamas
• C. punctulatus (LeConte), seUS, FL (ALA, BRO, DAD, COLL, ESC, IND, LIB, MON, SEM,VOL)

Tribe Petaliini

Petalium LeConte

• P. alaseriatum Ford, eUS, FL (DAD, MON)
• P. bicolor Fall, FL (DAD, MON, Key West (t.l.))
• P. bistriatum (Say), eUS, FL (ALA, COLU, ESC, HIG, LIB, MARI, SRO)
• P. brevisetum Ford, ON-VA-FL
• P. debile Fall, NJ-FL-TX
• P. incisum Ford, eUS, FL
• P. seriatum Fall, eUS, FL (ALA, BRO, DAD, DIX, DUV, IND, HIG, LEE, LIB, MON)
• P. uniperforatum Ford, FL (DAD, Royal Palm (t.l.))
• P. whitei Ford, eUS. FL (DAD)
• P. yuccae Fall, FL (MON, Key West (t.l.))

Tribe Cryptoramorphini

Cryptoramorphus White

• C. floridanus White, SC-FL (ALA, LIB)

Tribe Prothecini

Protheca LeConte

• P. hispida LeConte, eUS, FL (DAD, DUV, MON), Bahamas (Andros)

Sculptotheca Sihilsky

• S. puberula (LeConte), eUS, FL (LIB)

Striatheca White

• S. lineata White, seUS, FL (MON, PUT)

Tribe Dorcatomini

Byrrhodes LeConte

• B. facilis (Fall), TX, FL (DAD, new state record)
• B. fallax (Fall), SC-FL (IND, VOL, Enterprise, FL (t.l.))
• B. granus (LeConte), FL (DAD, IND, MON, VOL, Enterprise (t.l.))
• B. incomptus (LeConte), eUS, FL (ESC, PUT)
• B. intermedius (LeConte), eUS, FL (ALA)
• B. levisternus (Fall), FL (DAD, Biscayne (t.l.), IND, MON)
• B. tristriatus (LeConte), eUS, FL (IND, PUT)

Caenocara Thomson

• C. bicolor Germar, KS-MA-FL (ALA, DAD, DUV, ESC, GAD, IND, JEF, SEM, new state record)
• C. frontale Fall, FL (DAD, MON); larvae live in puffballs
• C. ineptum Fall, TX-NJ-FL (DAD, ESC, IND, MAD, MON, OKA, ORA)
• C. laterale LeConte, OH-NC-FL (ALA, DAD, MON, VOL, Enterprise, (t.l.))

Subfamily Mesocoelopodinae

= Tricoryninae

Cryptorama Fall (see White 1984)

• C. floridensis White, FL endemic or immigrant? (MON)
• C. holosericeum (LeConte), GA-FL (DAD, IND, MON, ORA, SAR, SLU)
• C. minor Fall, FL (DAD, MON), Bahamas
• =vorticale minor Fall, FL (DAD, Biscayne (t.l.))
• C. minutum (LeConte), seUS, FL (ALA, LIB, VOL, Enterprise (t.l.), SRO)
• C. ocellatum White, FL (DAD, MON)
• C. rufescens White, FL (MON), Cuba
• C. vorticale vorticale Fall, TX, FL (DAD, Biscayne (t.l.), MON), Bahamas

Tricorynus Waterhouse (see White 1965)

• T. abbreviatus (LeConte), FL endemic (DAD, IND, LEE, MON, Key Largo (t.l.), PAL, STL)
• T. abberans White, FL endemic (DAD, PAL, MON, Dry Tortugas (t.l.))
• T. auctus (LeConte), MS-NC-FL (ALA, CHA, LAK, MON, ORA, PIN, POL, PUT, SJO, SLU, Capron (t.l.))
• T. carinatus (Fall), MS-FL (VOL, Crescent City (t.l.))
• T. castaneus (Hamilton), TX-OH-PA-FL (MARI, OKA, PIN, PUT, SEM)
• T. cicatricosus (Fall), GA-FL (ALA, DAD, HIL, LIB, MON, PIN), Bahamas (Andros)
• T. confusus (Fall), eUS, FL (ALA, DAD, ESC, HIL, LEE, LIB, MAN, MARI, MON, PUT, SRO)
• T. debilis (LeConte), SC-GA-FL (DAD, LEV, OSC, PUT, SEM, VOL, Enterprise (t.l.))
• T. floridanus (Pic), LA, FL (CHA, DAD, IND, LEV, MON), Bahamas (Andros)
• T. gravis (LeConte), TX-OH-MA-FL (DAD, LIB, MON, PIN, SEM, VOL)
• *T. herbarius (Gorham), the Mexican book beetle, CA-AZ, FL (ALA, DAD, VOL), Mexico; infests various organic materials
• T. indistinctus (Fall), eUS, FL (COLL, PIN)
• T. inflatus White, FL (MON, Stock Island (t.l.), DAD), Bahamas (Andros)
• T. politus (Fall), FL (DAD, IND, MON, Key West (t.l.)), Bahamas (Andros)
• T. porosus (Fall), MS-NC-FL (BRE, IND, LAK, OKA, PIN, POL, PUT)
• T. punctatus (LeConte), e & sw US, FL (DAD, MON, PUT)
• T. punctulatus (LeConte), sw & se US, FL (HIL, Tampa (t.l.), MON, PIN)
• T. rotundus (White), eUS, FL (LIB)
• T. similis (LeConte), eUS, FL (PIN)
• T. tabaci (Guérin-Méneville),) TX, FL, Cuba; stored products pest
• T. tropicus White, FL (MON, Dry Tortugus (t.l.)), Bahamas (Andros)
• T. turbidus (Fall), LA, FL (MON, ORA, PUT)
• T. ventralis (LeConte), TX-IL-PA-FL (DUV, ESC)

Subfamily Ptininae

The spider beetles

prepared by X.M. Belles, August 1991

Tribe Gibbiini

Mezium Curtis

• M. affine Boieldieu, the northern spider beetle, cosmopolitan, widespread US, FL (ORA); with seeds, dead insects, and decaying plant and animal matter
• M. americanum Laporte, the American spider beetle, cosmopolitan, TX-NY-FL (ALA, HIL, LEE, MAN, MARI, PAS, POL, SEM); associated with stored grains, mixed feeds, cayenne pepper, and other materials

Gibbium Scopoli

• G. aequinoctiale Boieldieu, cosmopolitan, widespread US, FL (ALA, BRO, HIL, ORA)

Tribe Ptinini

Pitnus Gorham

• P. huesanus Fisher, FL (MON, Key West (t. l.), PAL), Bahamas, Cuba; in litter under plants on sand on coast and on sea lavender.

Ptinus Linnaeus

• P. bimaculatus Melsheimer, TX-NE-MD-FL (ALA, JAC, LAK, LEV, MARI, PUT)
• +P. clavipes Panzer, the brown spider beetle, cosmopolitan, FL (ALA)
• P. constrictus Blatchley, FL endemic (COLL, Chokoloskee Island (t.l.), DAD)
• *P. eximius Fall, CA, SC, and maybe in FL
• P. falli Pic, TX-OH-MD-FL (LIB)
• P. strangulatus Fall, FL (DAD, MON), Bahamas
• P. tuberculatus Blatchley, FL endemic (DAD, MON, Cape Sable(t.l.))

Tribe Gnostini

Gnostus Westwood

• G. floridanus Blatchley, FL (ALA, MON, PIN), Bahamas; with Crematogaster ants (see Thomas et al. 1992)

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