''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. 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'':
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Ptilinus acuminatus
''Ptilinus acuminatus'' is a species of beetle 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 spi ...
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Casey, 1898[
* '']Ptilinus basalis
''Ptilinus basalis'' is a species of beetle 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 ...
'' LeConte, 1858[
* '']Ptilinus cylindripennis
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. 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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* ''Ptilinus flavipennis
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles 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 spi ...
'' Casey, 1898[
* '']Ptilinus fuscus
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. 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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* ''Ptilinus lepidus
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles 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 spi ...
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* ''Ptilinus lobatus
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. 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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'' Casey, 1898[
* '']Ptilinus longicornis
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. 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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* ''Ptilinus pectinicornis
''Ptilinus pectinicornis'', the Fan-bearing Wood-borer, is a species of beetle 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 wo ...
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* '']Ptilinus pruinosus
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. 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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'' Casey, 1898[
* '']Ptilinus ramicornis
''Ptilinus ramicornis'' is a species of death-watch or spider beetle 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. T ...
'' Casey, 1898[
* '']Ptilinus ruficornis
''Ptilinus ruficornis'' is a species of beetle 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 spi ...
'' Say, 1823[
* '']Ptilinus thoracicus
''Ptilinus'' is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. 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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References
Further reading
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External links
''Ptilinus'' at Fauna Europaea
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Bostrichoidea
Ptinidae
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