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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Spider Beetles (Ptininae) » Ptinini » Ptinus » subgenus Ptinus (Ptinus subgenus Ptinus) » Whitemarked Spider Beetle (Ptinus fur)

Species Ptinus fur - Whitemarked Spider Beetle

Whitemarked Spider Beetle - Ptinus fur - male

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 Ptinus)

Species fur (Whitemarked Spider Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Ptinus fur (Linnaeus 1758)

Size

♂ 2.1–3.4 mm, ♀ 2.7–4.0 mm(1)

Identification

Two tufts of yellowish setae on the pronotal disc crests are distinctive(2)

Thoroughly described (and male genitalia figured) in(3)

Range

Cosmopolitan, Holarctic. Adventive in North America, Asia, New Zealand(2); in NA, across the continent north to NF-AK, south to PA-OH-CA(4)(1)

Habitat

homes, warehouses, granaries, museums(3)

Food

Dried and decaying organic materials, including insect specimens, wasp combs, feathers, animal skins, stuffed birds, dried herbaria plants, seeds and grains, and foodstuffs(3)

Remarks

one of the most commonly reported ptinids(2)

earliest record in our area: NF ~1620-70(5)

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

3.	The Ptinidae of economic importance Hinton, H.E. 1941. Bulletin of Economic Research 31: 331-381.

4.	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.

5.	The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia) C.J. Majka. 2007. Zootaxa 1573: 1–38.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 November, 2006 - 7:29am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2015 - 6:44am

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