Species list, Checklist of Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles) for Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Ptinidae Latreille, 1802 (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	319 2025 3758	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	317 2021 3753	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	309 1997 3712	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	198 1539 2917	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	57 479 888	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	53 443 836	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Bostrichiformia Forbes, 1926	3 10 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Bostrichoidea Latreille, 1802 Carpet Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Powder-post Beetles	3 10 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Ptinidae Latreille, 1802 Death-watch and Spider Beetles, Death-watch Beetles	4 7	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Seychelles
4 Genera with 7 Species

Metadorcatoma Scott, 1924		1	Species	Taxom
Paulianoptinus Bellés, 1924		2	Species	Taxom
Pseudeurostus Heyden, 1877		1	Species	Taxom
Ptinus Linnaeus, 1924	Brown spider beetle	3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Seychelles
7 Species

Metadorcatoma peculiaris Scott, 1924
Paulianoptinus monticola Scott, 1924
Paulianoptinus sechellarum Scott, 1924
Pseudeurostus hilleri Reitter, 1877	Hiller's spider beetle
Ptinus (Cyphoderes) japonicus (Reitter, 1877)	⇒ Ptinus maculosus Abeille de P..., 1895
Ptinus (Pseudoptinus) maculosus Abeille de P..., 1895
Ptinus (Ptinus) gothicus Scott, 1924

Subnodes of Ptinidae with occurrences in Seychelles

Subfamily	Dorcatominae C.G. Thomson, 1859	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Ptininae Latreille, 1802 Spider beetles	3 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Ptinidae at artfakta.se
Ptinidae at dyntaxa.se
Ptinidae at gbif.org
Ptinidae at irmng.org
Ptinidae at itis.gov