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subgenus Tectoptinus

Representative Images

Ptinus ocellus - Ptinus tectus Ptinus ocellus - Ptinus tectus Found under a bed. - Ptinus tectus Found under a bed. - Ptinus tectus Small Brown Beetle - Ptinus tectus Ptinius tectus - Ptinus tectus Ptinus tectus Ptinius tectus - Ptinus tectus

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 Tectoptinus

Explanation of Names

Tectoptinus Iablokoff-Khnzorian & Karapetyan 1991

Numbers

A single (adventive) species in our area