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Checklist for Subfamily Ptininae Latreille, 1802 (Spider beetles)
and region East Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
836
13899
51626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
832
13882
51607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
786
13663
51105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
477
10650
43515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
126
3632
16165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
110
3187
13997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bostrichiformia
Forbes, 1926
3
76
251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bostrichoidea
Latreille, 1802
Carpet Beetles, Death-watch Beetles, Powder-post Beetles
3
76
251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPtinidae
Latreille, 1802
Death-watch and Spider Beetles, Death-watch Beetles
33
90
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPtininae
Latreille, 1802
Spider beetles
8
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Australia
8 Genera with 31 Species
Dignomus Wollaston, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Diplocotes Westwood, 191012SpeciesTaxom
Neoptinus Gahan, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Niptus Boieldieu, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Polyplocotes Westwood, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Ptinus Linnaeus, 1856Brown spider beetle12SpeciesTaxom
Sphaericus Wollaston, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Trigonogenius Solier, 1849Globular spider beetle1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Australia
31 Species
Dignomus (Dignomus) dilophus Illiger, 1807
Diplocotes apicalis Oke, 1926
Diplocotes crassicornis Oke, 1932
Diplocotes cuneiformis Oke, 1926
Diplocotes familiaris Olliff, 1886
Diplocotes foveicollis Olliff, 1886
Diplocotes howittanus Westwood, 1869
Diplocotes kingii Westwood, 1869
Diplocotes laticornis Lea, 1905
Diplocotes metallica Lea, 1917
Diplocotes minuta Oke, 1928
Diplocotes similis Oke, 1928
Diplocotes strigicollis Lea, 1910
Neoptinus marginicollis Bellés & Law..., 1984
Niptus (Niptus) hololeucus Faldermann, 1835Golden spider beetle
Polyplocotes apicalis (Oke, 1926)⇒ Diplocotes apicalis Oke, 1926
Polyplocotes ovipennis Lea, 1914
Ptinus (Octopitnus) australiae Lea, 1923
Ptinus (Ptinus) adeps Olliff, 1886
Ptinus (Ptinus) albohumeralis Lea, 1913
Ptinus (Ptinus) albomaculatus MacLeay, 1872
Ptinus (Ptinus) clavipes Panzer, 1792Brown spider beetle
Ptinus (Ptinus) cupreoniger Lea, 1913
Ptinus (Ptinus) egenus Olliff, 1886
Ptinus (Ptinus) longus Olliff, 1886
Ptinus (Ptinus) medioglaber Lea, 1913
Ptinus (Ptinus) niveonotatus Lea, 1913
Ptinus (Tectoptinus) exulans Erichson, 1842
Ptinus (Tectoptinus) tectus Boieldieu, 1856Australian spider beetle
Sphaericus (Sphaericus) gibboides (Boieldieu, 1854)⇒ Sphaericus pinguis Wollaston, 1854
Trigonogenius globulus Solier, 1849Globular spider beetle

Subnodes of Ptininae with occurrences in East Australia
TribeEctrephini
Wasmann, 1894
2
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePtinini
Latreille, 1802
4
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSphaericini
Portevin, 1931
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ptininae at artfakta.se
Ptininae at dyntaxa.se
Ptininae at itis.gov