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Family Ptinidae - Death-watch and Spider Beetles


Updated key to the North American spp. of Euceratocerus LeConte, with a NSR for Euceratocerus gibbifrons (Coleoptera: Ptinidae).
The Coleopterists Bulletin. 75(3): 587-593., 2021
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Hinson, K.R. 2021. Updated Key to the North American Species of Euceratocerus LeConte, with a New State Record for Euceratocerus gibbifrons White (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from North Carolina, USA. 2021. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 75(3): 587-593.

Abstract

Euceratocerus gibbifrons White is reported as a new state record for North Carolina. Specimens were collected in Union County by operating a UV (black light) trap at an aging log pile. Photos of the dorsal habitus, lateral habitus, and antennae of males and females of all three US species (E.

Review of the genus Ptilineurus Reitter, 1901 (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea: Ptinidae), with description of five new species
By Zahradník P.
Studies & Reports, Taxonom. Ser. 17: 447‒459, 2021

A revision of the genus Petalium LeConte in the United States, Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
By Ford, E.J.
United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 1467, 1973
Digital version at Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=KacoAAAAYAAJ

Ten new North American species of Xyletinus (Anobiidae: Coleoptera)
By White R.E.
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 79: 521-537, 1977

New North American Euvrilletta and Xyletinus with keys to species (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
By White R.E.
J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 63: 76-81, 1973

Keys to neotropical species of Calymmaderus Solier and species of Calytheca White, with taxonomic notes (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
By White, R.E.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 85: 229-250, 1983
Has a key to Calymmaderus that includes at least some of the Nearctic species.

Full text online here.

An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the Ptinidae of North Amerika.
By Papp, C.S.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 9(5): 367-423., 1962
Papp, C.S. 1962. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of the Ptinidae of North Amerika. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 9(5): 367-423.
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Molecular systematics and evolution of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) and related families
By Bell K.L., Philips T.K.
Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 165: 88-108, 2012