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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 fallax

Species Ptinus fallax

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 fallax (Ptinus fallax)
Explanation of Names
Ptinus fallax Fall 1905
Size
2.7-3.2 mm
Identification
a member of P. quadrimaculatus species group, with 11 very similar species in our area; identification requires specimen examination
Range
BC-CA (both west and east of the Sierras) - Map (1)(2)
Internet References
Type - MCZ. Harvard
Works Cited
1.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Boris Büche on 3 September, 2007 - 7:09am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 May, 2023 - 7:48pm

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