Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Biscuit Beetle, Drug Store Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStegobium paniceum (Biscuit Beetle, Drug Store Beetle)
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 Stegobium paniceum (Biscuit Beetle, Drug Store Beetle) :
1: Stegobium paniceum (Biscuit Beetle, Drug Store Beetle)
12 Apr 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Ventral viewImage 4: Ventral view (2)

Stegobium paniceum (Biscuit Beetle, Drug Store Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stegobium paniceum (Biscuit Beetle, Drug Store Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stegobium paniceum (Biscuit Beetle, Drug Store Beetle)
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