Anobiidae

A small family of beetles whose larvae live and in wood or various products and may damage them; their development can take several years. The adults, whose heads are inserted under the thorax, do not feed. About 40 species are known from the Middle East.

References

Halperin, J. and Espanol, F. 1978. The Anobiidae (Coleoptera) of Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology 12: 5-18.

White, R.E. 1974. Type-Species for world genera of Anobiidae (Coleoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 99: 415-475.

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