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Species Ptinus tumidus

Ptinus tumidus Fall - Ptinus tumidus - male Ptinus tumidus Fall - Ptinus tumidus
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 tumidus (Ptinus tumidus)
Explanation of Names
Ptinus tumidus Fall 1905
tumidus (L). 'swollen' (1)
Numbers
38 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
Body length is ca. 2.5 mm. (3)
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron Co.) - Map (3)(4)
Season
Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:
May (1), June (1), October (3). (3)
Food
Species of Ptinus appear to have diverse feeding habits. Some are woodborers, most feed on dried animal and plant remains, some are bird or mammal nest inhabitants, and some feed on pollen stored in bees’ nests [various citations in Philips 2002].
Remarks
Type Specimen collected by H.S. Barber at Los Borregos, Brownsville, Texas, 24.V.1904. (Fall 1905)
Texas considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (5)
Print References
Fall, H.C. 1905. Revision of the Ptinidae [including Anobiidae] of Boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31: 97-296.
Philips, T.K. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea). Systematic Entomology 25: 235-262.
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)