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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Spider Beetles (Ptininae) » Ptinini » Ptinus » subgenus Gynopterus (Ptinus subgenus Gynopterus) » Ptinus interruptus

Species Ptinus interruptus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Ptinus - Ptinus interruptus Ptinus interruptus
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 interruptus (Ptinus interruptus)
Explanation of Names
Ptinus interruptus LeConte 1857
Range
s. Calif. (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: San Francisco, California
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1860. Report upon insects collected on the survey. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean 12: 1–25.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
Contributed by James Bailey on 1 August, 2017 - 2:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2024 - 1:27pm

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