''Ptilinus'' is a genus of
death-watch beetle
The deathwatch beetle (''Xestobium rufovillosum'') is a species of woodboring beetle that sometimes infests the structural timbers of old buildings. The adult beetle is brown and measures on average long. Eggs are laid in dark crevices in old w ...
s in the family
Ptinidae
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.
The Ptinidae family species are hard ...
. It is native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, the Neotropical and North Africa. There are at least nine described species in ''Ptilinus''.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Ptilinus'':
* ''
Ptilinus acuminatus''
Casey, 1898[
* '' Ptilinus basalis'' LeConte, 1858][
* '' Ptilinus cylindripennis''
* '' Ptilinus flavipennis'' Casey, 1898][
* '' Ptilinus fuscus''
* '' Ptilinus lepidus''
* '' Ptilinus lobatus'' Casey, 1898][
* '' Ptilinus longicornis''
* '' Ptilinus pectinicornis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)][
* '' Ptilinus pruinosus'' Casey, 1898][
* '' Ptilinus ramicornis'' Casey, 1898][
* '' Ptilinus ruficornis'' Say, 1823][
* '' Ptilinus thoracicus'' (Randall, 1838)][
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References
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External links
''Ptilinus'' at Fauna Europaea
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Bostrichoidea
Ptinidae
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