Silvaninae

Silvaninae

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Silvaninae: //ˌsɪlvəˈnaɪniː//

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Images

<div class="fn"> <div style="font-size:0.9em;display:inline-block;">Danish: <div style="display:inline-block" dir="ltr" lang="da"><i>Ester krones af Ahasverus</i></div></div><div style="display: none;">title QS:P1476,da:"Ester krones af Ahasverus"</div> <div style="display: none;">label QS:Lda,"Ester krones af Ahasverus"</div></div> by Philip Galle . Used under a Public domain license.
Esther knielt voor Ahasverus, RP-P-H-Z-199 by Rijksmuseum. Used under a CC0 license.
Ahasverus longulus2 Montage by Michael C. Thomas. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
<div class="fn"> <div style="font-size:0.9em;display:inline-block;">Danish: <div style="display:inline-block" dir="ltr" lang="da"><i>Ester bliver kronet af Ahasverus</i></div></div><div style="display: none;">title QS:P1476,da:"Ester bliver kronet af Ahasverus"</div> <div style="display: none;">label QS:Lda,"Ester bliver kronet af Ahasverus"</div></div> by Maarten van Heemskerck . Used under a Public domain license.
Emporius signatus Jacobson by Georgiy Jacobson. Used under a Public domain license.
Ahasverus-advena-01-fws by Francisco Welter-Schultes. Used under a CC0 license.

Summary

Silvaninae is a subfamily of silvanid flat bark beetles in the family Silvanidae, comprising about 11 genera and at least 30 described species.

Distribution

World-wide; ca. 30 species in 10 genera known in specific regions.

Ecosystem Role

Includes several important stored food pests, indicating a role in both natural and human-influenced ecosystems.

Economic Impact

Several species are known pests of stored food.

Tags

  • Silvaninae
  • beetles
  • Silvanidae
  • stored food pests
  • entomology