Ptilinus

Ptilinus
Ptilinus pectinicornis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Ptinidae
Subfamily:	Ptilininae
Genus:	Ptilinus O.F.Müller, 1776

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.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These species belong to the genus Ptilinus:[2][3][4]

• Ptilinus acuminatus Casey, 1898[2]
• Ptilinus basalis LeConte, 1858[2]
• Ptilinus cylindripennis
• Ptilinus flavipennis Casey, 1898[2]
• Ptilinus fuscus
• Ptilinus lepidus
• Ptilinus lobatus Casey, 1898[2]
• Ptilinus longicornis
• Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
• Ptilinus pruinosus Casey, 1898[2]
• Ptilinus ramicornis Casey, 1898[2]
• Ptilinus ruficornis Say, 1823[2]
• Ptilinus thoracicus (Randall, 1838)[2]

References

1. "Ptilinus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
2. "Ptilinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
3. "Ptilinus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
4. "Browse Ptilinus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0395910894.

External links

• Ptilinus at Fauna Europaea
• Media related to Ptilinus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ptilinus at Wikispecies