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Ptinini

Ptinini is a tribe of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 18 genera and at least 120 described species in Ptinini.

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Ptinini
Ptinus sexpunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Ptinidae
Subfamily: Ptininae
Tribe: Ptinini
Latreille, 1802

Ptinini is a tribe of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 18 genera and at least 120 described species in Ptinini.12345

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Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Ptinini:

  • Casapus Wollaston, 1862 g
  • Cyphoniptus Bellés, 1992
  • Dignomus Wollaston, 1862 g
  • Epauloecus Mulsant & Rey, 1868 b
  • Eurostodes Reitter, 1884 g
  • Eurostoptinus Pic, 1895
  • Eutaphrimorphus Pic, 1898
  • Hanumanus Bellés, 1991
  • Kedirinus Bellés, 1991 g
  • Lapidoniptus Belles, 1981 g
  • Myrmecoptinus Wasmann, 1916 g
  • Niptodes Reitter, 1884 g
  • Niptus Boieldieu, 1856 i c g b
  • Oviedinus Bellés, 2010 g
  • Piarus Wollaston, 1862 g
  • Pseudeurostus Heyden, 1906 i c g b
  • Ptinus Linnaeus, 1766 i c g b
  • Scaleptinus Borowski, 2006

Data sources: i = ITIS,6 c = Catalogue of Life,7 g = GBIF,8 b = Bugguide.net1

References

References

  1. "Ptinini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  2. Bell, Karen Leanne; Philips, T. Keith (2011). "Molecular systematics and evolution of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) and related families" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165: 88–108. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00792.x.
  3. Löbl, Ivan; Smetana, Aleš (2007). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. doi:10.1163/9789004260894. ISBN 978-87-88757-67-5. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  4. Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)". Zootaxa. 3754 (4): 301–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1. PMID 24869695.
  5. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  6. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  7. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  8. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Media related to Ptinini at Wikimedia Commons