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Subfamily Ptininae - Spider Beetles

Gnostus · Gibbiini · Meziini · Ptinini · Sphaericini

Genus Gnostus
A mymecophilus ptinid - Gnostus floridanus

Tribe Gibbiini
Spider beetle - Gibbium aequinoctiale smooth spider beetle? - Gibbium aequinoctiale Longitarsus sp.? - Gibbium aequinoctiale Longitarsus sp.? - Gibbium aequinoctiale Some kind of mites? - Gibbium Lyme tick?? - Gibbium aequinoctiale Gibbium aequinoctiale Coleoptera nymph? Gibbium? - Gibbium aequinoctiale

Tribe Meziini
Brown/black bug - Mezium americanum Brown/black bug - Mezium americanum Shiny Spider Beetle - Mezium affine Mezium affine Mezium affine Regal Sink Bug - Mezium americanum Mezium affine Mezium affine

Tribe Ptinini
beetle 23 - Ptinus paulonotatus Beetle - Ptinus fur unknown beetle - Ptinus raptor Ptinidae: Ptinus sp.? - Niptus Ptinid - Niptus Ptinidae, found on a dead mole - Ptinus Ptinus villiger? - Ptinus villiger Vail Ptinus - Ptinus

Tribe Sphaericini
Sphaericus gibboides Pitnus huesanus Fisher - Pitnus huesanus Pitnus huesanus Fisher - Pitnus huesanus


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