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Ptinidae  Latreille, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114472

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Anobiidae Fleming, 1821
  
  Common Name(s): spider beetles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderBostrichiformia Forbes, 1926  
                                        SuperfamilyBostrichoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyPtinidae Latreille, 1802 – spider beetles  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subfamily Alvarenganiellinae Viana and Martinez, 1971  
                                              Subfamily Anobiinae Fleming, 1821 – death watch beetles 
                                              Subfamily Dorcatominae C. G. Thomson, 1859  
                                              Subfamily Dryophilinae Gistel, 1848  
                                              Subfamily Ernobiinae Pic, 1912  
                                              Subfamily Eucradinae J. L. LeConte, 1861  
                                              Subfamily Mesocoelopodinae Mulsant and Rey, 1864  
                                              Subfamily Ptilininae Shuckard, 1839  
                                              Subfamily Ptininae Latreille, 1802  
                                              Subfamily Xyletininae Gistel, 1856  
       
                                            FamilyPtinidae Latreille, 1802 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                              Genus Fabrasia Martínez and Viana, 1965  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, version 2.2, database (version 2.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2025). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, v2.2 (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Ptinidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ptinidae, spider beetles [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 779-1006   
  Publisher: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN   
  Publication Place: Warszawa, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-85192-34-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ptinidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Philips, T. Keith  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematic Entomology, vol. 25, issue 2   
  Page(s): 235-262   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0307-6970   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ptinidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Philips, T. Keith, and Douglas E. Foster  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Cryptopeniculus nigrosetus n.g., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from the Namaqualand region of South Africa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, no. 577   
  Page(s): 1-11   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online edition ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Ptinidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Originally named as family Ptiniores, subsequently corrected to Ptinidae per ICZN  
 

 

    

 
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