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Ptinus
Ptinus is a genus of beetles distributed throughout much of the world, including Africa, the Australian region, the Palearctic, the Near East, the Nearctic, and the Neotropical realm. It is a member of the subfamily Ptininae, the spider beetles.
14 branches of this group, most-observed first

White-marked Spider-beetle
speciesPtinus fur

Hairy Spider Beetle
speciesPtinus villiger

Ptinus interruptus
speciesPtinus interruptus

Brown Spider Beetle
speciesPtinus latro

Ptinus quadripunctatus
speciesPtinus quadripunctatus

Ptinus subpilosus
speciesPtinus subpilosus

Ptinus concurrens
speciesPtinus concurrens

Ptinus pilosus
speciesPtinus pilosus

Ptinus calcaratus
speciesPtinus calcaratus

Ptinus spitzyi
speciesPtinus spitzyi

Ptinus timidus
speciesPtinus timidus

Ptinus pusillus
speciesPtinus pusillus

Ptinus bicinctus
speciesPtinus bicinctus
Ptinus podolicus
speciesPtinus podolicus
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 550678.