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family

death-watch beetles
Ptinidae Latreille, 1802

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Coleoptera - beetles »  superfamily Bostrichoidea

Scientific synonyms

incl. Anobiidae Stephens, 1830, Ectrephidae Wasmann, 1894

Other names

= spider beetles

Temporal range:Tertiary > Paleogene > Eocene > Ypresian – recent
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Functions restricted to taxon Ptinidae

Included taxa

Number of records: 13

subfamily Alvarenganiellinae Viana & Martínez, 1971
subfamily Anobiinae Fleming, 1821
Tertiary: Rupelian – recent
subfamily Dorcatominae C.G. Thomson, 1859
Tertiary: Ypresian – recent
subfamily Dryophilinae Gistel, 1848
subfamily Ernobiinae Pic, 1912
Tertiary: Rupelian – recent
subfamily Eucradinae LeConte, 1861
subfamily Fabiinae
subfamily Gibbiinae J. de Val, 1860
subfamily Mesocoelopodinae Mulsant & Rey, 1864
subfamily Ptilininae Shuckard, 1840
subfamily Ptininae Latreille, 1802
Tertiary: Middle Eocene – recent
subfamily Xyletininae Gistel, 1856

Unplaced taxa

genus Leioptinus Wasmann, 1928 inc.sed.

Links and literature

http://www.canacoll.org/Coleo/Checklist/PDF%20f...
The systematics adopted for this family is that adopted by McNamara (ex White, 1971) since it is more detailed and corresponding to that used in others groups
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [101742]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Ptinidae Latreille, 1802]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
CZ Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia [as Ptinidae]
CZ Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia [as Anobiidae]
EN Bouchard et al. (2011): Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 [as Ptinidae Latreille, 1802]
Data retrieved on: 19 November 2019

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Explanations

inc.sed. incertae sedis - uncertain placement within this taxon