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Spider Beetles
Ptininae
Spider beetles are the approximately 500 species of beetles in the subfamily Ptininae of the family Anobiidae. They are sometimes considered a family in their own right, which is then called Ptinidae. Spider beetles have round bodies with long, slender legs, and lack wings. They are generally 1–5 mm long. Both the larvae and the adults are scavengers. They reproduce at the rate of two to three generations per year.
14 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Ptinini
tribePtinini
Gibbiini
tribeGibbiini
Meziini
tribeMeziini
Sphaericini
tribeSphaericini
Ectrephini
tribeEctrephini
Fabrasia
genusFabrasia
Cordielytrum
genusCordielytrum
Carinomezium
genusCarinomezium
Dignomorphus
genusDignomorphus
Eutaphroptinus
genusEutaphroptinus
Hiekeptinus
genusHiekeptinus
Pocapharaptinus
genusPocapharaptinus
Gnostini
tribeGnostini
Notaferrum
genusNotaferrum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 493167.