PTINIDAE Latreille, 1802
(wood boring and spider beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Anobium
a genus of wood boring beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Niptus hololeucus
Golden Spider Beetle
Species 1 ident. refs
Ochina ptinoides
Ivy Boring Beetle
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 		Species 4 images
Ptilinus pectinicornis
Fan-bearing Wood-borer
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 		Species 15 images 1 ident. refs
Ptinus
spider beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 31 images
Stegobium paniceum
Biscuit Beetle, Drug Store Beetle
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 		Species 4 images
Xestobium rufovillosum
Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle
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 		Species 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 8 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 8, 388pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles)
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