# Ptinus

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***Ptinus*** is a genus of [beetles](/source/Beetle) distributed throughout much of the world, including [Africa](/source/Africa), the [Australian](/source/Australia) region, the [Palearctic](/source/Palearctic_realm), the [Near East](/source/Near_East), the [Nearctic](/source/Nearctic_realm), and the [Neotropical realm](/source/Neotropical_realm). It is a member of the subfamily [Ptininae](/source/Spider_beetle), the [spider beetles](/source/Spider_beetle).

About 24 species have been found associated with stored food products in various parts of the world.[1] Both adults and larvae feed on grain, dried fruit, spices and other dried foodstuffs.[1] The species *[Ptinus tectus](/source/Ptinus_tectus)* is considered a pest species in [Museums](/source/Museum) and can damage stored objects and collections.[2]

Taxa include:[3]

- Subgenus *Bruchoptinus* - *[Ptinus antennatus](/source/Ptinus_antennatus)* - *[Ptinus biformis](/source/Ptinus_biformis)* - *[Ptinus brevivittis](/source/Ptinus_brevivittis)* - *[Ptinus femoralis](/source/Ptinus_femoralis)* - *[Ptinus italicus](/source/Ptinus_italicus)* - *[Ptinus ivanensis](/source/Ptinus_ivanensis)* - *[Ptinus palliatus](/source/Ptinus_palliatus)* - *[Ptinus pellitus](/source/Ptinus_pellitus)* - *[Ptinus rufipes](/source/Ptinus_rufipes)* - *[Ptinus schatzmayeri](/source/Ptinus_schatzmayeri)* - *[Ptinus torretassoi](/source/Ptinus_torretassoi)*
- Subgenus *Cyphoderes* - *[Ptinus bidens](/source/Ptinus_bidens)* - *[Ptinus hirticornis](/source/Ptinus_hirticornis)* - *[Ptinus japonicus](/source/Ptinus_japonicus)* - *[Ptinus raptor](/source/Ptinus_raptor)* - *[Ptinus schlerethi](/source/Ptinus_schlerethi)*
- Subgenus *Gynopterus* - *[Ptinus aubei](/source/Ptinus_aubei)* - *[Ptinus barrosi](/source/Ptinus_barrosi)* - *[Ptinus bertranpetiti](/source/Ptinus_bertranpetiti)*[4] - *[Ptinus crassicornis](/source/Ptinus_crassicornis)* - *[Ptinus dubius](/source/Ptinus_dubius)* - *[Ptinus hispaniolaensis](/source/Ptinus_hispaniolaensis)*[5] - *[Ptinus paulonotatus](/source/Ptinus_paulonotatus)* - *[Ptinus pyrenaeus](/source/Ptinus_pyrenaeus)* - *[Ptinus salvatori](/source/Ptinus_salvatori)* - *[Ptinus sexpunctatus](/source/Ptinus_sexpunctatus)* - *[Ptinus subroseus](/source/Ptinus_subroseus)* - *[Ptinus tumidus](/source/Ptinus_tumidus)* - *[Ptinus variegatus](/source/Ptinus_variegatus)*
- Subgenus *Pseudoptinus* - *[Ptinus arragonicus](/source/Ptinus_arragonicus)* - *[Ptinus auberti](/source/Ptinus_auberti)* - *[Ptinus capellae](/source/Ptinus_capellae)* - *[Ptinus coarcticollis](/source/Ptinus_coarcticollis)* - *[Ptinus cumaniensis](/source/Ptinus_cumaniensis)* - *[Ptinus kutzschenbachi](/source/Ptinus_kutzschenbachi)* - *[Ptinus lichenum](/source/Ptinus_lichenum)* - *[Ptinus maculosus](/source/Ptinus_maculosus)* - *[Ptinus madoni](/source/Ptinus_madoni)* - *[Ptinus nikitanus](/source/Ptinus_nikitanus)* - *[Ptinus oertzeni](/source/Ptinus_oertzeni)* - *[Ptinus rufolimbatus](/source/Ptinus_rufolimbatus)* - *[Ptinus rugosicollis](/source/Ptinus_rugosicollis)* - *[Ptinus spissicornis](/source/Ptinus_spissicornis)* - *[Ptinus subaeneus](/source/Ptinus_subaeneus)* - *[Ptinus tauricus](/source/Ptinus_tauricus)*
- Subgenus *Ptinus* - *[Ptinus affinis](/source/Ptinus_affinis)* - *[Ptinus argolisanus](/source/Ptinus_argolisanus)* - *[Ptinus atricapillus](/source/Ptinus_atricapillus)* - *[Ptinus bicinctus](/source/Ptinus_bicinctus)* - *[Ptinus calcaratus](/source/Ptinus_calcaratus)* - *[Ptinus calcarifer](/source/Ptinus_calcarifer)* - *[Ptinus corsicus](/source/Ptinus_corsicus)* - *[Ptinus ellipticus](/source/Ptinus_ellipticus)* - *[Ptinus explanatus](/source/Ptinus_explanatus)* - *[Ptinus fur](/source/Ptinus_fur)* – whitemarked spider beetle - *[Ptinus gylippus](/source/Ptinus_gylippus)* - *[Ptinus kiesenwetteri](/source/Ptinus_kiesenwetteri)* - *[Ptinus kruperi](/source/Ptinus_kruperi)* - *[Ptinus latro](/source/Ptinus_latro)* - *[Ptinus leprieuri](/source/Ptinus_leprieuri)* - *[Ptinus mediterraneus](/source/Ptinus_mediterraneus)*[6] - *[Ptinus nigripennis](/source/Ptinus_nigripennis)* - *[Ptinus obesus](/source/Ptinus_obesus)* - *[Ptinus perplexus](/source/Ptinus_perplexus)* - *[Ptinus perrini](/source/Ptinus_perrini)* - *[Ptinus phlomidis](/source/Ptinus_phlomidis)* - *[Ptinus pilosus](/source/Ptinus_pilosus)* - *[Ptinus podolicus](/source/Ptinus_podolicus)* - *[Ptinus pusillus](/source/Ptinus_pusillus)* - *[Ptinus reitteri](/source/Ptinus_reitteri)* - *[Ptinus rufus](/source/Ptinus_rufus)* - *[Ptinus spitzyi](/source/Ptinus_spitzyi)* - *[Ptinus subpilosus](/source/Ptinus_subpilosus)* - *[Ptinus tarsalis](/source/Ptinus_tarsalis)* - *[Ptinus timidus](/source/Ptinus_timidus)* - *[Ptinus villiger](/source/Ptinus_villiger)*
- Subgenus *Tectoptinus* - *[Ptinus exulans](/source/Ptinus_exulans)* - *[Ptinus tectus](/source/Ptinus_tectus)* – Australian spider beetle

## See also

- [List of Ptinus species](/source/List_of_Ptinus_species)

## References

1. Mound, L. 1989. *Common Insect Pests of Stored Food Products: A Guide to their Identification*, British Museum (Natural History) Economic Series No. 15, London: British Museum, 37.

1. Pinnager, D. 2001. *Pest Management in Museums, Archives and Historic Houses*. Archetype Publications.

1. [*Ptinus* subgenera.](https://web.archive.org/web/20121022153050/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=99623) Fauna Europaea.

1. Bellés, X. (2012). [*Ptinus bertranpetiti*, a new species of spider beetle from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Ptinidae).](http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/52_s2/52_S2_219.pdf) In: Hájek, J. and J. Bezděk. (eds.) Insect Biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. *Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae* 52, supplementum 2, 219-22.

1. Philips, T. K. and M. E. Smiley. (2010). [*Ptinus hispaniolaensis*, a new species of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Hispaniola.](http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/76160/73818) *Florida Entomologist* 93(4), 567-70.

1. Borowski, J. (2008). [New species of *Ptinus* s. str. from Sardinia and adjacent islands (Coeleoptera: Ptinidae).](http://www.fld.czu.cz/studiesandreports/pdf/2008/authors/1-4_borowski.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013706/http://www.fld.czu.cz/studiesandreports/pdf/2008/authors/1-4_borowski.pdf) 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Studies and reports of District Museum Prague – East Taxonomical Series 4(1-2) 1-4.

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