A Taxonomic Review of Anobiinae and Dorcatominae (Ptinidae: Coleoptera) In Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo Egypt

Abstract

Two subfamilies of Egyptian Ptinid were taxonomically studied during this work, the first subfamily Dorcatominae represented by one species, Synanobium parmatum and the second subfamily Anobiinae represented by five species, Oligomerus ptilinoides, Stegobium paniceum, Gastrallus pubens, Nicobium castaneıım, and Anobium punctatum. A key to the species together with diagnostic characters and illustrations are given for each species

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