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Species Ptinus hystrix

Representative Images

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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 hystrix (Ptinus hystrix)

Explanation of Names

Ptinus hystrix Fall 1905

Size

2.6-2.8 mm (Fall 1905)

Identification

Separated from similar members of the P. interruptus group by elytral hairs being in part longer than distance between two elytral puncture series, the latter being coarsely punctured, not narrower than intervals.

Range

c. to s. TX - Map (1)(2), mostly RGV

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the Ptinidae of North Amerika.
Papp, C.S. 1962. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 9(5): 367-423.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Boris Büche on 16 May, 2007 - 6:23am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 4:45pm

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