Ptinus sexpunctatus Panzer, 1789
(a spider beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPtinus sexpunctatus (a spider beetle)
GenusPtinus (spider beetles)
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 Ptinus sexpunctatus (a spider beetle) :
1: Ptinus sexpunctatus (a spider beetle)
29 May 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on windowsill, outdoors
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Elytral bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - black backgroundImage 5: Head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - black backgroundImage 6: Head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - black background
2: Ptinus sexpunctatus (a spider beetle)
19 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
outside, on painted wood beside door
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 5: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 6: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (6)Image 7: Foreparts - front three-quarter view - magnifiedImage 8: Head and thorax - anterior view - magnifiedImage 9: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)
3: Ptinus sexpunctatus (a spider beetle)
23 May 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
indoors
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - grey backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - grey background (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 4: Dorsal view - grey background (2)Image 5: Dorsal view - grey background (3)Image 6: Dorsal view - grey background (4)Image 7: Head and thorax - side viewImage 8: Head and thorax - side view (2)Image 9: Head - from belowImage 10: Head - from frontImage 11: Lateral view - grey backgroundImage 12: Spots on elytra - close-up - grey backgroundImage 13: Ventral view - close-up - grey backgroundImage 14: Ventral view - grey backgroundImage 15: White spots on elytra - grey background

Ptinus sexpunctatus (a spider beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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