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Ernobiinae
Taxonomy
Ernobiinae was named by Pic (1912). It is extant. Its type is Ernobius.
It was assigned to Anobiidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995); and to Ptinidae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Alekseev (2014), Zahradník and Háva (2014), Zahradník and Háva (2014), Molino-Olmedo (2017), Bukejs et al. (2021), Cai et al. (2022), Alekseev and Bukejs (2023), Alekseev et al. (2023), Li et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Anobiidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995); and to Ptinidae by Bouchard et al. (2011), Alekseev (2014), Zahradník and Háva (2014), Zahradník and Háva (2014), Molino-Olmedo (2017), Bukejs et al. (2021), Cai et al. (2022), Alekseev and Bukejs (2023), Alekseev et al. (2023), Li et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Ernobiinae Pic |
| 1995 | Ernobiinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Ernobiinae Bouchard et al. |
| 2014 | Ernobiinae Alekseev p. 240 |
| 2014 | Ernobiinae Zahradník and Háva p. 325 |
| 2017 | Ernobiinae Molino-Olmedo p. 151 |
| 2021 | Ernobiinae Bukejs et al. p. 183 |
| 2022 | Ernobiinae Cai et al. |
| 2023 | Ernobiinae Alekseev et al. p. 52 |
| 2025 | Ernobiinae Li et al. p. 26 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Ernobiinae Pic 1912
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Tr. Ernobiini Pic 1912
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G. Ernobius Thomson 1859
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†Ernobius alonsoi Ortuño and Arillo 1997
†Ernobius arturi Háva and Zahradník 2020
†Ernobius barticus Alekseev 2014
†Ernobius effetus Wickham 1914
†Ernobius electrinus Quiel 1910
†Ernobius nadravicus Alekseev 2014
†Ernobius notangicus Alekseev 2014
†Ernobius varmicus Alekseev 2014
Tr. Xestobiini Böving 1927
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G. Xestobium Motschulsky 1845
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†Xestobium alutaceum Wickham 1913
†Xestobium michalskii Háva and Zahradník 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 106.30000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | Spain (Aragón) | Actenobius magneoculus (91626) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Toxesbium kundratai (161726) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Colorado) | Xestobium alutaceum (122093) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Ernobius sp., Ernobius varmicus, Ernobius barticus, Ernobius notangicus, Ernobius nadravicus (123419) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Ernobius nadravicus (123764) Ernobius sp., Episernus palvenikensis, Eocenobius praestigitator (139928) Hyperisus carstengroehni (110735) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Ernobius barticus, Ernobius arturi, Xestobium michalskii (205557) Ernobius electrinus (123438) Tuberernobius ambericus (124519) | |
| Priabonian | Germany | Ernobius varmicus (123769) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Ernobius effetus, Xestobium alutaceum (106384) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Spain | Ernobius alonsoi (123306) |