Nicobium LeConte, 1861

Alekseev, Vitalii, Háva, Jiří, Pankowski, Madeline V. & Bukejs, Andris, 2024, First record of Nicobium LeConte (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Anobiinae) from Baltic amber with the description of a new extinct species, Zootaxa 5496 (1), pp. 133-139 : 134

Genus Nicobium LeConte, 1861

Type species: Anobium hirtum Illiger 1807

Taxonomic assignment. The specimen considered here is assigned to the genus Nicobium within the subfamily Anobiinae based on a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) antennae 11-segmented, with loose, distinct, 3-segmented club longer than the preceding antennomeres combined; (2) pronotum transverse, gibbose; (3) tarsal claws without basal tooth; (4) dorsal surface simply pubescent, without tufts of erect setae on elytra; (5) metasternum convex, not excavate anteriorly; (6) elytral punctation arranged in regular striae distinct throughout entire length of elytra; (7) all coxae separate; and (8) abdominal ventrite 2 wider than abdominal ventrite 1 and about as wide as abdominal ventrite 3.