Ptinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Bostrichiformia
Superfamilia: Bostrichoidea

Familia: Ptinidae
Subfamilia: Ptininae
Genus: Ptinus
Subgenera: P. (Bruchoptinus) - P. (Cyphoderes) - P. (Gynopterus) - P. (Pseudoptinus) - P. (Ptinus) - P. (Tectoptinus)

Overview of species

P. abbreviatus – P. affinis – P. agarici – P. anatolicus – P. antennatus – P. argolisanus – P. arragonicus – P. atricapillus – P. aubei – P. auberti – P. barrosi – P. bertranpetiti – P. bicinctus – P. bidens – P. biformis – P. biscrensis – P. brevivittis – P. calcaratus – P. calcarifer – P. capellae – P. catalonicus – P. caucasicus – P. chrysomeloides – P. circassicus – P. coarcticollis – P. comptus – P. corsicus – P. crassicornis – P. cumaniensis – P. dauricus – P. desertor – P. diversipennis – P. dubius – P. eduardi – P. elbrusicola – P. explanatus – P. exulans – P. femoralis – P. ferrantei – P. fimicola – P. fringillae – P. fulvocapillus – P. fur – P. grandjeani – P. gylippus – P. henoni – P. hirsutus – P. hirticornis – P. intonsus – P. italicus – P. ivanensis – P. japonicus – P. kiesenwetteri – P. kocheri – P. kruperi – P. kutzschenbachi – P. latro – P. lederi – P. leprieuri – P. libanicus – P. lichenum – P. littoralis – P. maculosus – P. madoni – P. maorianus – P. martini – P. meisteri – P. merkli – P. micans – P. montanus – P. nigripennis – P. nikitanus – P. obesus – P. obscuricollis – P. oertzeni – P. palliatus – P. pellitus – P. peringueyi – P. perplexus – P. perrini – P. peyroni – P. phlomidis – P. pilosus - P. plagiatus – P. podolicus – P. pusillus – P. pyrenaeus – P. quadripunctatus – P. quadrisignatus – P. raptor – P. reitteri – P. rufipes – P. rufolimbatus – P. rufus – P. rugosicollis – P. salvatori – P. sanninensis – P. schatzmayeri – P. schlerethi – P. separatus – P. sexpunctatus – P. speciosus – P. spissicornis – P. spitzyi – P. subaeneus – P. subpillosus – P. subroseus – P. swaneticus – P. syriacus – P. tarsalis – P. tauricus – P. tectus – P. timidus – P. tokatensis – P. torretassoi – P. variegatus – P. vaulogeri – P. villiger
Name

Ptinus Linnaeus, 1767: 565 [conserved name]

Type species: Cerambyx fur Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Latreille (1810: 427).

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1809.
References

Borowski J. & Byk A., 2011: Description of a male and redescription of a female of Ptinus (Bruchoptinus) antennatus Pic, 1896 (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). Genus 22 (2): 251–254. Full article: [1].
ICZN. 1995. Opinion 1809. Bruchus Linnaeus, 1767, Ptinus Linnaeus, 1767 and Mylabris Fabricius, 1775 (Insecta: Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52(2): 208–210. BHL. Reference page.
Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes : avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. Paris: Schoell, 444 pp. BHL Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.

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]
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