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Species Ptinus sexpunctatus

Representative Images

Ptinus villiger? - Ptinus sexpunctatus Spider Beetle - Ptinus sexpunctatus Ptinid? - Ptinus sexpunctatus Ptinid? - Ptinus sexpunctatus Ptinid? - Ptinus sexpunctatus Six-spotted Spider Beetle - Ptinus sexpunctatus Six-spotted Spider Beetle - Ptinus sexpunctatus Ptinus sexpunctatus? - Ptinus sexpunctatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily Ptininae (Spider Beetles)
Tribe Ptinini
Genus Ptinus
No Taxon (subgenus Gynopterus)
Species sexpunctatus (Ptinus sexpunctatus)

Explanation of Names

Ptinus sexpunctatus Panzer 1789

Size

2.8-4.2 mm(1)

Range

Native to w. Palaearctic(2); widespread but uncommon in NA (Majka et al. 2007)

Habitat

associated with nests of solitary bees (Osmia, Megachile, etc.); sometimes found in longhorn galleries in oak forests (Majka et al. 2007)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: NS 2003(3)
introduced from Europe, probably with Osmia (s.str.) spp. imported for evaluation as fruit tree pollinators; may prove destructive to bee nests (Majka et al. 2007)

Print References

Majka C.G., Philips T.K., Sheffield C. (2007) Ptinus sexpunctatus Panzer (Coleoptera: Anobiidae, Ptininae) newly recorded in North America. Entomological News 118: 73-76 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae
3.The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 3 May, 2007 - 5:21pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2015 - 7:36am

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