Ptinus tectus

TaxID: 440631

Basic Information

Ptinus tectus

Australian Spider Beetle, Australian spider beetle

Ptinus tectus, often called the Australian spider beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Ptinidae, or family Anobiidae, subfamily Ptininae. It is a cosmopolitan species (arrived in Europe and the UK from Australia in 1900). It is a pest of stored foods and museum specimens. P. tectus Boieldieu, 1856 is the name most often used for this species. Some works still state Ptinus ocellus Brown, 1929.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Ptinidae

Ptinus

tectus

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Manu 🌷@BY-NC
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(c) Phil Bendle@BY-NC
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(c) M. Goff@BY-NC-SA
Ptinus tectus
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(c) M. Goff@BY-NC-SA
Ptinus tectus
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(c) Manu 🌷@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
China Quarantine pests 2021
Japan Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —

Distribution (17 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Canada Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Finland Present —
France Present —
United Kingdom Present —
Iceland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature