# Niptus

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***Niptus*** is a genus of [beetle](/source/Beetle) present in the [Australian](/source/Australia) region, the [Palearctic](/source/Palearctic) (including [Europe](/source/Europe)), the [Near East](/source/Near_East), the [Nearctic](/source/Nearctic), and [North Africa](/source/North_Africa).

*Niptus* as it is currently described is [polyphyletic](/source/Polyphyly) and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera.[1]

Species include:[2]

- *[Niptus abditus](/source/Niptus_abditus)*
- *[Niptus absconditus](/source/Niptus_absconditus)*
- *[Niptus abstrusus](/source/Niptus_abstrusus)*
- *[Niptus arcanus](/source/Niptus_arcanus)*
- *[Niptus giulianii](/source/Niptus_giulianii)*
- *[Niptus hololeucus](/source/Niptus_hololeucus)* – golden spider beetle
- *[Niptus neotomae](/source/Niptus_neotomae)*
- *[Niptus sleeperi](/source/Niptus_sleeperi)*
- *[Niptus ventriculus](/source/Niptus_ventriculus)*

## References

1. Philips, T. K. (2000). [Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea).](https://www.academia.edu/905497/Phylogenetic_analysis_of_the_New_World_Ptininae_Coleoptera_Bostrichoidea_) *Systematic Entomology* 25 235-62.

1. [*Niptus*.](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=696479) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

## External links

- [*Niptus*.](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604041651/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=100201) Fauna Europaea.

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