Ptinid

Guides

  • Anobiopsis

    Anobiopsis is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae (formerly Anobiidae), described by Fall in 1905. The genus placement has been subject to taxonomic revision, with some sources placing it in Anobiidae and others in Ptinidae following modern family-level reclassification. No observations of this genus have been recorded in iNaturalist.

  • Lasioderma

    cigarette beetles, tobacco beetles

    Lasioderma is a genus of small beetles in the family Ptinidae, containing over 50 species as of 1990. The genus is best known for Lasioderma serricorne, commonly called the cigarette beetle or tobacco beetle, a major cosmopolitan pest of stored products. Members of this genus are associated with dried plant materials and have become distributed globally through human commerce. The genus has been variously classified in Anobiidae or Ptinidae depending on taxonomic treatment.