Ptinus

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Ptinus

Genus of beetles

Ptinus is a genus of beetles distributed throughout much of the world, including Africa, the Australian region, the Palearctic, the Near East, the Nearctic, and the Neotropical realm. It is a member of the subfamily Ptininae, the spider beetles.

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About 24 species have been found associated with stored food products in various parts of the world.[2] Both adults and larvae feed on grain, dried fruit, spices and other dried foodstuffs.[2] The species Ptinus tectus is considered a pest species in Museums and can damage stored objects and collections.[3]

Taxa include:[4]

Ptinus plagiatus
Ptinus latro
  • Subgenus Bruchoptinus
    • Ptinus antennatus
    • Ptinus biformis
    • Ptinus brevivittis
    • Ptinus femoralis
    • Ptinus italicus
    • Ptinus ivanensis
    • Ptinus palliatus
    • Ptinus pellitus
    • Ptinus rufipes
    • Ptinus schatzmayeri
    • Ptinus torretassoi
  • Subgenus Cyphoderes
    • Ptinus bidens
    • Ptinus hirticornis
    • Ptinus japonicus
    • Ptinus raptor
    • Ptinus schlerethi
  • Subgenus Gynopterus
  • Subgenus Pseudoptinus
    • Ptinus arragonicus
    • Ptinus auberti
    • Ptinus capellae
    • Ptinus coarcticollis
    • Ptinus cumaniensis
    • Ptinus kutzschenbachi
    • Ptinus lichenum
    • Ptinus maculosus
    • Ptinus madoni
    • Ptinus nikitanus
    • Ptinus oertzeni
    • Ptinus rufolimbatus
    • Ptinus rugosicollis
    • Ptinus spissicornis
    • Ptinus subaeneus
    • Ptinus tauricus
  • Subgenus Ptinus
    • Ptinus affinis
    • Ptinus argolisanus
    • Ptinus atricapillus
    • Ptinus bicinctus
    • Ptinus calcaratus
    • Ptinus calcarifer
    • Ptinus corsicus
    • Ptinus ellipticus
    • Ptinus explanatus
    • Ptinus fur – whitemarked spider beetle
    • Ptinus gylippus
    • Ptinus kiesenwetteri
    • Ptinus kruperi
    • Ptinus latro
    • Ptinus leprieuri
    • Ptinus mediterraneus[7]
    • Ptinus nigripennis
    • Ptinus obesus
    • Ptinus perplexus
    • Ptinus perrini
    • Ptinus phlomidis
    • Ptinus pilosus
    • Ptinus podolicus
    • Ptinus pusillus
    • Ptinus reitteri
    • Ptinus rufus
    • Ptinus spitzyi
    • Ptinus subpilosus
    • Ptinus tarsalis
    • Ptinus timidus
    • Ptinus villiger
  • Subgenus Tectoptinus

See also

References

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  1. [1]
    "Ptinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. [2]
    Mound,L. 1989. Common Insect Pests of Stored Food Products: A Guide to their Identification, British Museum (Natural History) Economic Series No. 15, London: British Museum, 37.
  3. [3]
    Pinnager, D. 2001. Pest Management in Museums, Archives and Historic Houses. Archetype Publications.
  4. [4]
    Ptinus subgenera. Fauna Europaea.
  5. [5]
    Bellés, X. (2012). Ptinus bertranpetiti, a new species of spider beetle from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). In: Hájek, J. and J. Bezděk. (eds.) Insect Biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, supplementum 2, 219-22.
  6. [6]
    Philips, T. K. and M. E. Smiley. (2010). Ptinus hispaniolaensis, a new species of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Hispaniola. Florida Entomologist 93(4), 567-70.
  7. [7]
    Borowski, J. (2008). New species of Ptinus s. str. from Sardinia and adjacent islands (Coeleoptera: Ptinidae). Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Studies and reports of District Museum Prague – East Taxonomical Series 4(1-2) 1-4.


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