Ptinus

Ptinus
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
Synonyms [1]
Heteroplus Mulsant and Rey, 1868

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]

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
  • Ptinus aubei
  • Ptinus barrosi
  • Ptinus bertranpetiti ^[5]
  • Ptinus crassicornis
  • Ptinus dubius
  • Ptinus hispaniolaensis ^[6]
  • Ptinus paulonotatus
  • Ptinus pyrenaeus
  • Ptinus salvatori
  • Ptinus sexpunctatus
  • Ptinus subroseus
  • Ptinus tumidus
  • Ptinus variegatus
• 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
  • Ptinus exulans
  • Ptinus tectus – Australian spider beetle

See also

• List of Ptinus species

References

1. "Ptinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
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. Pinnager, D. 2001. Pest Management in Museums, Archives and Historic Houses. Archetype Publications.
4. Ptinus subgenera. Fauna Europaea.
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. 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. 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.