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Spider beetle

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Ptininae

Rank
  
Subfamily

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Beetle

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Similar
  
Beetle, Ptinus, Anobiidae, Gibbium, Ptinus fur

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.

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Genera

About 12 genera are recognised :

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  • Gibbium Scopoli, 1777
  • Gnostus Westwood, 1855
  • Meziomorphum Péringuey, 1886
  • Mezium Curtis, 1828
  • Niptinus Fall, 1905
  • Niptus Boieldieu, 1856
  • Pitnus Gorham, 1883
  • Pseudeurostus Heyden, 1906
  • Ptinus Linnaeus, 1766
  • Sphaericus Wollaston, 1854
  • Tipnus Thomson, 1863
  • Trigonogenius Solier, 1849

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    References

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