Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fan-bearing Wood-borer)

Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPtilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer)
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 Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 15 images of Ptilinus pectinicornis (Fan-bearing Wood-borer)
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