Australian Spider Beetle

Ptinus tectus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ptinidae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 11

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Colin Legg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPtinus tectus, Wikipedia contributors

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