Genus Niptus

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 Niptus

Explanation of Names

Niptus Boieldieu 1856

Size

9 spp. (of which one adventive) in our area(1)

Range

N. hololeucus is found all over the temperate regions worldwide, incl. NA(2); the native spp. are southern, mostly restricted to sw. US

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Beetles associated with stored products in Canada: An identification guide Bousquet Y. 1990. Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Publication 1837.

Contributed by v belov on 10 December, 2009 - 6:27pm
Last updated 11 January, 2014 - 2:00pm

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