Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fan-bearing Wood-borer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPtilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer)
FamilyPTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles)
SuperfamilyBOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer) :
1: Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer)
20 May 2007 OSGR: TL88 52° 20’ N, 0° 40’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Male, on dead, decorticate patch on oak trunk
Image 1: Male - in situ - antero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - in situ - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 3: Male - in situ - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - in situ - dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 5: Male - in situ - dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Male - in situ - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Male - in situ - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 8: Male - in situ - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (4)Image 9: Male - in situ - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 10: Male - in situ - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Male - in situ - lateral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 12: Male - in situ - latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 13: Male - in situ - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 14: Male - in situ - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 15: Male - using antennae to scan wood - in situ - anterior view - highly enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer)
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