Spider-beetle-relatives

Guides

  • Dryophilodes

    Dryophilodes is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae (spider beetles and relatives), described by Blackburn in 1891. The genus is currently marked as doubtful in taxonomic databases, indicating uncertainty about its validity or circumscription. Members of Ptinidae are generally small beetles associated with wood, stored products, or fungal habitats. The genus contains relatively few documented observations, with limited ecological and morphological data available in published literature.