Ptinus

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Ptinus fur.jpg

| image_caption = Ptinus fur

| taxon = Ptinus

| authority = Linnaeus, 1766

| synonyms = {{Taxon list

| Heteroplus | Mulsant and Rey, 1868

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| diversity_link = List of Ptinus species

| diversity = c. 100 species

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Ptinus is a genus of beetles distributed throughout much of the world, including Africa, the Australian region, the Palearctic, the Near East, the Nearctic, and the Neotropical realm. It is a member of the subfamily Ptininae, the spider beetles.

About 24 species have been found associated with stored food products in various parts of the world.Mound, L. 1989. Common Insect Pests of Stored Food Products: A Guide to their Identification, British Museum (Natural History) Economic Series No. 15, London: British Museum, 37. Both adults and larvae feed on grain, dried fruit, spices and other dried foodstuffs. The species Ptinus tectus is considered a pest species in Museums and can damage stored objects and collections.Pinnager, D. 2001. Pest Management in Museums, Archives and Historic Houses. Archetype Publications.

Taxa include:[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022153050/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=99623 Ptinus subgenera.] Fauna Europaea.

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• Subgenus Bruchoptinus
• Ptinus antennatus
• Ptinus biformis
• Ptinus brevivittis
• Ptinus femoralis
• Ptinus italicus
• Ptinus ivanensis
• Ptinus palliatus
• Ptinus pellitus
• Ptinus rufipes
• Ptinus schatzmayeri
• Ptinus torretassoi
• Subgenus Cyphoderes
• Ptinus bidens
• Ptinus hirticornis
• Ptinus japonicus
• Ptinus raptor
• Ptinus schlerethi
• Subgenus Gynopterus
• Ptinus aubei
• Ptinus barrosi
• Ptinus bertranpetitiBellés, X. (2012). [http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/52_s2/52_S2_219.pdf Ptinus bertranpetiti, a new species of spider beetle from Socotra Island (Coleoptera: Ptinidae).] In: Hájek, J. and J. Bezděk. (eds.) Insect Biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, supplementum 2, 219-22.
• Ptinus crassicornis
• Ptinus dubius
• Ptinus hispaniolaensisPhilips, T. K. and M. E. Smiley. (2010). [http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/76160/73818 Ptinus hispaniolaensis, a new species of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Hispaniola.] Florida Entomologist 93(4), 567-70.
• Ptinus paulonotatus
• Ptinus pyrenaeus
• Ptinus salvatori
• Ptinus sexpunctatus
• Ptinus subroseus
• Ptinus tumidus
• Ptinus variegatus
• Subgenus Pseudoptinus
• Ptinus arragonicus
• Ptinus auberti
• Ptinus capellae
• Ptinus coarcticollis
• Ptinus cumaniensis
• Ptinus kutzschenbachi
• Ptinus lichenum
• Ptinus maculosus
• Ptinus madoni
• Ptinus nikitanus
• Ptinus oertzeni
• Ptinus rufolimbatus
• Ptinus rugosicollis
• Ptinus spissicornis
• Ptinus subaeneus
• Ptinus tauricus
• Subgenus Ptinus
• Ptinus affinis
• Ptinus argolisanus
• Ptinus atricapillus
• Ptinus bicinctus
• Ptinus calcaratus
• Ptinus calcarifer
• Ptinus corsicus
• Ptinus ellipticus
• Ptinus explanatus
• Ptinus fur – whitemarked spider beetle
• Ptinus gylippus
• Ptinus kiesenwetteri
• Ptinus kruperi
• Ptinus latro
• Ptinus leprieuri
• Ptinus mediterraneusBorowski, J. (2008). [http://www.fld.czu.cz/studiesandreports/pdf/2008/authors/1-4_borowski.pdf New species of Ptinus s. str. from Sardinia and adjacent islands (Coeleoptera: Ptinidae).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013706/http://www.fld.czu.cz/studiesandreports/pdf/2008/authors/1-4_borowski.pdf |date=2015-09-24 }} Studies and reports of District Museum Prague – East Taxonomical Series 4(1-2) 1-4.
• Ptinus nigripennis
• Ptinus obesus
• Ptinus perplexus
• Ptinus perrini
• Ptinus phlomidis
• Ptinus pilosus
• Ptinus podolicus
• Ptinus pusillus
• Ptinus reitteri
• Ptinus rufus
• Ptinus spitzyi
• Ptinus subpilosus
• Ptinus tarsalis
• Ptinus timidus
• Ptinus villiger
• Subgenus Tectoptinus
• Ptinus exulans
• Ptinus tectus – Australian spider beetle