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Ptinidae

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Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea. There are at least 220 genera and 2,200 described species in Ptinidae worldwide. The family includes spider beetles and deathwatch beetles.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptinidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6987	https://www.gbif.org/species/6987
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	69389	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=69389

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ptinidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Bostrichiformia	Forbes 1926
superfamily	Bostrichoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Ptinidae	Latreille 1802

Common Name

spider beetle

Scientific Name

Ptinidae

Name Published In

Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des crustacés et des insectes, vol. 3, p. 112

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ptinidae	family	replaced by Anobiidae	stated without evidence	Crowson, 1981
Ptinidae	family	belongs to Bostrichoidea	stated with evidence	Bouchard et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

134

Extant Size (PBDB)

61 (46%)

First Recorded Appearance

105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième

Common Name(s)

Spider Beetle, Diefkevers, Spider Beetles, Tjuvbiller Og Borebiller, Tyvbiller Og Borebiller, Diefkevers, Bontkevers, Diefjes, Trägnagare

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptinidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Alvarenganiellinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Anobiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		33	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Dorcatominae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		9	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Dryophilinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Ernobiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		15	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Eucradinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Mesocoelopodinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ptilininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Ptininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		31	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Xyletininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		9	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Anakania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anitys genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anytis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Australanobium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cacotemnus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caenotylistus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coleoaethes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptopeniculus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deroptilinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dignomus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Diplocotes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dorcatomiella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ectrephes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Electrognostus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Gastrallanobium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Gibbium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gnostus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hadrotinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hisamatsua genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Homophthalmus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Hyperisus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Indanobium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kedirinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lachnoniptus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leanobium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptanobium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesothes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Metholcus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meziomorphum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mezium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mimogastrallus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mizodorcatoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Molinernobius ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Myrmecoptinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nepalanobium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nesocoelopus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niptinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niptus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Ochina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Okamninus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Oviedinus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Parobius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paroligomerus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paulianoptinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petalanobium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pitnus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pocapharaptinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Priartobium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudeurostus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudodorcatoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudodryophilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudoptilinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptinus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Serianotus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sphaericus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sphinditeles genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stagetodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stagetomorphus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stromatanobium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sucinoptinus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Sulcoptinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tipnus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichobiopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trymolophus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tuberernobius ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Venablesia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Xyletinites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Xyletinodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xylodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Eucnemis antiquatus Wickham, 1914	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ptinidae : *Eucnemis antiquatus*
Ectrephidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Ectrephidae
Gnostidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Gnostidae
Anobiumedae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Anobiumedae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1802	Ptiniores Latreille p. 112
1914	Eucnemis antiquatus Wickham p. 437 figs. Pl 2, fig 9
1916	Eucnemis antiquatus Wickham p. 498
1981	Anobiidae Crowson p. 696
1995	Anobiidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011	Ptinidae Bouchard et al. p. 337
2014	Ptinidae Zahradník and Háva p. 319
2016	Ptinidae Webster
2017	Ptinidae Zahradník and Háva p. 89

References

Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467

Wickham H. F. (1914) New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53, 423-494

Wickham H. F. (1916) The fossil Elateridae of Florissant, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 60 12, 493-527

Crowson R. A. (1981) The Biology of the Coleoptera, Academic Press, New York

Lawrence J. F., Newton, Jr. A. F. (1995) Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera, Biology, Phylogeny and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A Crowson, 779-1006

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

Zahradník P., Háva J. (2014) Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia), Zootaxa 3754, 301-352

Webster R. P. (2016) Checklist of the Coleoptera of New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 573, 387-512

Zahradník P., Háva J. (2017) Three new species of Trichodesma LeConte, 1861 from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Anobiinae), Folia Heyrovskyana, Series A 25, 89-92

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Philips, T. Keith, and Douglas E. Foster, 2004: Cryptopeniculus nigrosetus n.g., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from the Namaqualand region of South Africa. Zootaxa, no. 577. 1-11. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Philips, T. Keith, 2000: Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea). Systematic Entomology, vol. 25, issue 2. 235-262. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds., 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2. 779-1006. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. 88: 1-972. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (2007) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4, Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1809 Bruchm Linnaeus, 1767, Ptiniis Linnaeus, 1767 and Mylabris Fabricius, 1775 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52, 208-210 (1995) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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