Genus Niptinus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

Niptinus unilineatus (Pic) - Niptinus unilineatus

Niptinus ovipennis Fall - Niptinus ovipennis

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 Niptinus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised by Philips (1999)(1)

Explanation of Names

Niptinus Fall 1905

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 6 total(1)

Size

1.5-2.8 mm(1)

Range

TX to Panama(1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the New World genus Niptinus Fall (Coleoptera: Anobiidae: Ptininae) Philips T.K. 1999. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 71: 137-158.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 March, 2009 - 8:49pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 July, 2021 - 3:07pm

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