English species names of Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)

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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English species names of Family Ptinidae Latreille, 1802
Death-watch and Spider Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Indet. Spider Beetle, spider beetle, Spider beetles, Wood-borer beetles, Woodborers, Woodworm

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	592 62779 813516	Families Genera Species
Family	Ptinidae Latreille, 1802 Death-watch and Spider Beetles, Death-watch Beetles	526 4032	Genera Species


A
American black spider beetle	Mezium americanum Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
American spider beetle	Mezium americanum Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Anobiid beetle	Oligomerus obtusus LeConte, 1865
Anobiid beetle	Priobium carpini Herbst, 1793
Anobiid beetle	Lasioderma haemorrhoidale Illiger, 1807
Anobiid Powderpost Beetle	Euvrilletta peltata Harris, 1836
Australian spider beetle	Ptinus tectus Boieldieu, 1856
Australian spider beetle	Ptinus ocellus Brown, 1929

B
Bark Anobiid	Ernobius mollis Linnaeus, 1758
Belted spider beetle	Ptinus bicinctus Sturm, 1837
Biscuit beetle	Stegobium paniceum Linnaeus, 1758
Black spider beetle	Mezium americanum Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Bread beetle	Stegobium paniceum Linnaeus, 1758
Broadheaded Anobiid	Platybregmus canadensis Fisher, 1934
Brown spider beetle	Ptinus clavipes Panzer, 1792
Brown spider beetle	Ptinus (Ptinus) s.str. Linnaeus, 1767
Brown Spider Beetle	Ptinus latro Fabricius, 1775
Brown spider beetle	Ptinus Linnaeus, 1767
Brown sprider beetle	Ptinus clavipes Panzer, 1792

C
California Deathwatch Beetle	Hemicoelus gibbicollis LeConte, 1859
Cigar beetle	Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius, 1792
Cigarette Beetle	Sphaericus velhocabrali Israelson, 1984
Cigarette beetle	Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius, 1792
Common furniture beetle	Anobium punctatum De Geer, 1774
Common house borer	Anobium punctatum De Geer, 1774
Common spider beetle	Ptinus fur Linnaeus, 1758

D
Dampwood borer	Hadrobregmus pertinax Linnaeus, 1758
Dampwood borer	Hadrobregmus australiensis Pic, 1901
Death Watch Beetle	Xestobium rufovillosum De Geer, 1774
Death Watch Beetle	Sphaericus velhocabrali Israelson, 1984
Death watch beetles	Anobiinae Kirby, 1837
Death-watch beetle	Anobium punctatum De Geer, 1774
Death-watch Beetle	Xestobium rufovillosum De Geer, 1774
Death-watch Beetle	Ptilinus O.F. Müller, 1776
Death-watch Beetles	Anobiinae Kirby, 1837
Deathwatch beetle	Xestobium rufovillosum De Geer, 1774
Drug store beetle	Stegobium paniceum Linnaeus, 1758
Drugstore beetle	Stegobium paniceum Linnaeus, 1758
Drugstore Beetle	Sphaericus velhocabrali Israelson, 1984
Drugstore Beetle Biscuit Beetle	Stegobium paniceum Linnaeus, 1758

E
Eastern Deathwatch Beetle	Hemicoelus carinatus Say, 1823
Eastern spider beetle	Ptinus raptor Sturm, 1837

F
Fan-bearing wood borer	Ptilinus pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Fan-bearing wood-borer	Ptilinus pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Furniture beetle	Anobium punctatum De Geer, 1774
Furniture beetle	Anobium Fabricius, 1775
Furniture Beetle	Sphaericus velhocabrali Israelson, 1984

G
Globular spider beetle	Trigonogenius globulum Solier, 1849
Globular spider beetle	Trigonogenius globulus Solier in Gay, 1849
Globular spider beetle	Trigonogenius Solier, 1849
Golden spider beetle	Niptus hololeucus Faldermann, 1835
Greater cigarette beetle	Tricorynus tabaci Guérin-Méneville, 1850

H
Hairy spider beetle	Ptinus villiger Reitter, 1884
Hiller's spider beetle	Pseudeurostus hilleri Reitter, 1877
Hood spider beetle	Mezium affine Boieldieu, 1856
House borer	Anobium pertinax Fabricius, 1775
Hump beetle	Gibbium psylloides Czenpinski, 1778

I
Indian bookworm beetle	Gastrallus indicus Reitter, 1913
Ivy boring beetle	Ochina ptinoides Marsham, 1802
Ivy-boring beetles	Ochina (Ochina) Dejean, 1821
Ivy-boring beetles	Ochina Dejean, 1821

K
Knock beetle	Xestobium rufovillosum De Geer, 1774

L
Large Tobacco Bettle	Catorama tabaci Guérin-Méneville, 1850
Larger tobacco beetle	Tricorynus tabaci Guérin-Méneville, 1850
Library beetle	Nicobium castaneum Olivier, 1790

M
Maple wood borer	Gastrallus immarginatus J. Müller, 1821
Maple wood-boring beetle	Gastrallus immarginatus J. Müller, 1821
Mexican book beetle	Tricorynus herbarius Gorham, 1883
Monochrome spider beetle	Epauloecus unicolor Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783
Monterey cypress cone beetle	Ernobius conicola Fisher, 1919

N
Northern spider beetle	Mezium affine Boieldieu, 1856

P
Pacific powder-post beetle	Hemicoelus gibbicollis LeConte, 1859
Pea weevil	Lasioderma multipunctatum Toskina, 1999
Pectinate-horned beetle	Ptilineurus marmoratus Reitter, 1877
Pine bark anobiid	Ernobius mollis Linnaeus, 1758
Pine Bark Anobiid Beetle	Ernobius mollis Linnaeus, 1758
Plump spider beetle	Sphaericus pinguis Wollaston, 1854
Powerpost Beetle	Sphaericus velhocabrali Israelson, 1984
Pufball beetles	Caenocara Thomson, 1859
Puffball Beetles	Caenocara Thomson, 1859

Q
Queensland pine beetle	Calymmaderus incisus Lea, 1924

S
Shiny spider beetle	Mezium affine Boieldieu, 1856
Shiny Spider Beetle	Gibbium psylloides Czenpinski, 1778
Silky Anobiid	Priobium sericeum Say, 1825
Six-spotted spider beetle	Ptinus sexpunctatus Panzer, 1789
Smooth Spider Beetle	Gibbium aequinoctiale Boieldieu, 1854
Smooth spider beetle	Gibbium psylloides Czenpinski, 1778
Spider beetle	Mezium americanum Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Spider beetle	Gibbium psylloides Czenpinski, 1778
Spider beetles	Ptininae Latreille, 1802
Spruce tap knocking beetle	Ernobius abietis Fabricius, 1792

T
Tatami mat beetle	Ptilineurus marmoratus Reitter, 1877
Tobacco beetle	Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius, 1792
Towbug	Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius, 1792
Tropical cigarette beetle	Tricorynus tabaci Guérin-Méneville, 1850

U
Unspotted spider beetle	Ptinus ocellus Brown, 1929

W
Warehouse spider beetle	Ptinus latro Fabricius, 1775
White-marked spider beetle	Ptinus fur Linnaeus, 1758
Whitemarked spider beetle	Ptinus fur Linnaeus, 1758
Wood-boring beetle	Tricorynus herbarius Gorham, 1883
Wood-boring beetle	Ptilineurus marmoratus Reitter, 1877
Wood-boring beetle	Tricorynus tabaci Guérin-Méneville, 1850
Wood-boring beetle	Mesocoelopus collaris Mulsant & Rey, 1864
Woodworm	Anobium punctatum De Geer, 1774
Woodworm	Anobium pertinax Fabricius, 1775

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