The publication lists species of insects which in Egypt damage wood (Hylotrupes bajulus L., Nicobium castaneum Ol., Oligomerus ptilinoides Woll., Lyctus brunneus Steph., L. africanus Lesne, Trogoxylon impressus Com., Cryptotermes brevis Walker, Kalotermes flavicollis Fabr., Anacanthotermes ochraceus Burm., Microcerotermes eugnatus Silv., Psammotermes hybostoma Desn., P. fumoralis Sjost., P. assuanensis Sjost. and Xylocopa aestuans L.), bamboo (Dinoderus minutus Fabr. and Rhizoperta dominica Fabr.), articles made of palm seed (Coccotrypes dactyliperda Fabr. ), fabrics (Anacanhotermes ochraceus Burm. and other termites, Enneodesmus obtusedentatus Lesne, Anthrenus verbasci L., A . fasciatus L., A. minor Woll, A. flavipes Le Conte, Tineola biselliella Hum., Tinea pellionnella L., T. granella L., Trichophaga tapetzella L.), papyrus, parchment, paper (Anacanthotermes ochraceus Burm., Psammotermes fuscofemoralis Sjost., P. assuanensis Sjost. and Lepisma saccharina L.) mummies (Dermestes frischi Kug., D. carnivorous F. and D. ater /De Geer/) and other organic–origin objects (Stegobium paniceum L., Lasioderma serricorne Fabr., Rhizopertha dominica Fabr., Ptinus brunneus Duft., P. variegatus Rossi, Gibbium psylloides Czemp., Attagenus unicolor /Brahm./, Dermestes ater (/De Geer/, Thylodrias contractus /Motschulsky/, Anthreneus verbasci L., A. fasciatus L., A. minor Woll., Trogoderma granarium Everts., T. irroratum Rett., and T. versicolor Cre.). Particular attention was drawn to sandstone disfigured and damaged by Chalicodoma siculum (Risso) (Megachilidae, Hymenoptera). This publication is the outcome of a survey of literature and own observations, conducted in Egypt in February 1996. Its purpose was to facilitate the work performed by conservators of historical monuments, archaeologists and historians.
