Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Sculptotheca puberula

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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 Dorcatominae
Tribe Prothecini
Genus Sculptotheca
Species puberula (Sculptotheca puberula)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Protheca puberula
Explanation of Names
Sculptotheca puberula (LeConte 1865)
Size
1.5–2.2 mm(1)
Habitat
e. NA (NS-FL to ON-WI)(1)(2)
Season
mid-Jun to early Sep in WI(1)
Remarks
the most frequently collected ptinid by passive trapping in Wisconsin forests(1)
Works Cited
1.Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae
Arango, R.A. and D.K. Young. 2012. General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
2.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.