Ptinus
Ptinus | |
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Ptinus fur | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Ptinidae |
Genus: | Ptinus Linnaeus, 1766 |
Diversity | |
c. 100 species | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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 of which feed on grain, dried fruit, spices and other dried foodstuffs.[2] The sub-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 fur – whitemarked spider beetle
- Ptinus latro
- [7]
- Ptinus pilosus
- Ptinus pusillus
- Ptinus subpilosus
- Ptinus villiger
- Subgenus Tectoptinus
- Ptinus exulans
- Ptinus tectus – Australian spider beetle
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References[]
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- ^ "Ptinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Pinnager, D. 2001. Pest Management in Museums, Archives and Historic Houses. Archetype Publications.
- ^ Ptinus subgenera. Fauna Europaea.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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