Ptinus
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| Ptinus | |
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| Ptinus fur | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Ptinidae |
| Subfamily: | Ptininae |
| Genus: | Ptinus Linnaeus, 1766 |
| Diversity | |
| c. 100 species | |
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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.
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]
- Subgenus Bruchoptinus
- Subgenus Cyphoderes
- Subgenus Gynopterus
- Subgenus Pseudoptinus
- 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
- Ptinus exulans
- Ptinus tectus – Australian spider beetle
