PTINIDAE Latreille, 1802
(wood boring and spider beetles)

PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles)
SuperfamilyBOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 8 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 8, 388pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 69 images of PTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles)
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