Anobium punctatum (De Geer, 1774)
(Common Furniture Beetle, Woodworm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnobium punctatum (Common Furniture Beetle, Woodworm)
GenusAnobium (a genus of wood boring beetles)
FamilyPTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles)
SuperfamilyBOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Anobium punctatum (Common Furniture Beetle, Woodworm) :
1: Anobium punctatum (Common Furniture Beetle, Woodworm) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
indoors
Image 1: Lateral view - magnifiedImage 2: Ventro-lateral view - magnified

Anobium punctatum (Common Furniture Beetle, Woodworm) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anobium punctatum (Common Furniture Beetle, Woodworm)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anobium punctatum (Common Furniture Beetle, Woodworm)
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