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Anitys is a genus of beetle of the family Anobiidae. A single species -
Anitys rubens - occurs in Britain, but is very rare. They live in red-rotten wood in hollow deciduous trees, chiefly oaks.
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Anobiidae is a family of beetles of the order Coleoptera. The members have a cylindrical body and the head is usually hidden by the pronotum. Generally they tunnel in dead wood, tree fungi and pine cones and have micro-organisms in their digestive tract which enable them to digest wood.
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Anobium is a genus of beetle of the family Anobiidae. The genus includes the Woodworm (Anobium punctatum).
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The Bread Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) is a beetle of the family Anobiidae, ranging from two to four millimetres in length, so named because it develops in bread and products made from flour, and infests other products including spices and drugs.
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Caenocara is a genus of small beetle of the family Anobiidae, that live in puff-balls.
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The Death-watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) is a species of beetle of the family Anobiidae. They range from five to eight millimetres in length, and are renowned for damaging wood work in buildings. They make a peculiar ticking sound which superstition formerly interpreted as the forerunner of death.
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Dorcatoma is a genus of beetle of the family Anobiidae. They are oval, usually black, rather shiny beetles with a convex body. The last three segments of their antennae are large and serrate. They live mainly in fungi on deciduous trees.
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Dryophilus is a genus of small beetle of the family Anobiidae.
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Episernus is a genus of small beetle of the family Anobiidae.
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Gastrallus is a genus of beetle of the family Anobiidae found on mistletoe.
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