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Subfamily Ptilininae

death-watch beetle - Ptilinus ruficornis - male Ptilinus ramicornis Casey, 1898 - Ptilinus ramicornis - male Beetle - Ptilinus beetle - Ptilinus Ptilinus - male Small Smooth Bostrichidae - Ptilinus Ptinidae - Ptilinus ruficornis - death watch beetle? - Ptilinus ruficornis Ptilinus lobatus
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 Ptilininae
Explanation of Names
Ptilininae Shuckard 1839
Numbers
a single genus in our area, ?6 genera in 2 tribes total