''Ptinus rufipes'' is a species of beetle in the family Ptinidae (spider beetles). ''P. rufipes'' is one of at least eleven species of ptinid in the

subgenus In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...

''Bruchoptinus''. The subgenus was first described by

Edmund Reitter Edmund Reitter (22 October 1845 – 15 March 1920) was an Austrian entomologist, writer and a collector. Biography Edmund Reitter was best known as an expert on the beetles of the Palaearctic. He was an imperial advisor and editor of the ...

in 1884.

Gallery

Ptinus rufipes female side.jpg, Female, side Ptinus rufipes female under.jpg, Female, underneath Ptinus rufipes male side.jpg, Male, side Ptinus rufipes male under.jpg, Male, underneath

References

rufipes Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1790 Taxa named by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier {{Bostrichoidea-stub