# Ptilinus

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***Ptilinus*** is a genus of [death-watch beetles](/source/Death-watch_beetle) in the family [Ptinidae](/source/Ptinidae). It is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, the Neotropical and North Africa. There are at least nine described species in *Ptilinus*.[1][2][3][4]

## Species

These species belong to the genus *Ptilinus*:[2][3][4]

- *[Ptilinus acuminatus](/source/Ptilinus_acuminatus)* Casey, 1898[2]
- *[Ptilinus basalis](/source/Ptilinus_basalis)* LeConte, 1858[2]
- *[Ptilinus cylindripennis](/source/Ptilinus_cylindripennis)*
- *[Ptilinus flavipennis](/source/Ptilinus_flavipennis)* Casey, 1898[2]
- *[Ptilinus fuscus](/source/Ptilinus_fuscus)*
- *[Ptilinus lepidus](/source/Ptilinus_lepidus)*
- *[Ptilinus lobatus](/source/Ptilinus_lobatus)* Casey, 1898[2]
- *[Ptilinus longicornis](/source/Ptilinus_longicornis)*
- *[Ptilinus pectinicornis](/source/Ptilinus_pectinicornis)* (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
- *[Ptilinus pruinosus](/source/Ptilinus_pruinosus)* Casey, 1898[2]
- *[Ptilinus ramicornis](/source/Ptilinus_ramicornis)* Casey, 1898[2]
- *[Ptilinus ruficornis](/source/Ptilinus_ruficornis)* Say, 1823[2]
- *[Ptilinus thoracicus](/source/Ptilinus_thoracicus)* (Randall, 1838)[2]

## References

1. ["*Ptilinus* Genus Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/9787). *BugGuide.net*. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

1. ["*Ptilinus* Report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=696375). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

1. ["*Ptilinus* Overview"](http://eol.org/pages/15763/overview). *Encyclopedia of Life*. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

1. ["Browse *Ptilinus*"](http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/466de0bad6fc32f8eeafa2c48ae7bb8b). *Catalogue of Life*. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

## Further reading

- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H. (eds.) (2002). *American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea*. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). [*An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18111#page/5/mode/1up). Nature Pub.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). ["Classification of the Coleoptera of North America"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732). *Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections*. **3** (136). [doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459](https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.38459). ISBN 978-0665100550.
- White, Richard E. (1998 [1983]). [*A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides)*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0395910894.

## External links

- [*Ptilinus* at Fauna Europaea](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604041545/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=99809)

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