(formerly Anobiidae)
Most larval Ptinids bore and feed on dead wood. As a result they can do damage to furniture. The most serious pest in Australia is Anobium punctatum. Other species have been found to live in bird, insect and spider nests and some feed on fungal fruiting bodies.
Subfamily Anobiinae
Anobium punctatum
Subfamily Dryophilinae
Genus Dryophilodes
Subfamily Mesocoelopodinae
Genus Deltocryptus
Subfamily Ptininae
Genus Ptinus
References
Lea, A. M. 1924. On Australian Anobiides (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 48: 15-64.
Matthews, E. G. 1985. A Guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia. Part 4 Polyphaga: Byrrhoidea, Buprestoidea, Dryopoidea, Elateroidea, Cantharoidea, Derodontoidea, and Bostrichoidea. Special Educational Bulletin Series No. 7, South Australian Museum, Adelaide.
Semmens, T. D., McQuillan, P. B., & Hayhurst G. 1992. Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Department of Primary Industry Tasmania.