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Gibbium psylloides (Czenpinski, 1778)
Family: Ptinidae
Size: 2.6 mm (2.0 to 3.2 mm)
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Ecology: Both the larvae and th adult beetles feed on (usually dry) animal and plant remains and fruits (especially cereals) as well as textiles, wool and dead, dried-up insects;
occur mainly in old houses
Location: Germany, Bavaria, Upper Franconia, Kulmbach, Mangersreuth, in the house
leg. det. U.Schmidt, 12.II.1981
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016

Gibbium psylloides  (Flickr)