- Spider beetle
Taxobox
name = Spider beetle
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo = Coleoptera
familia =Anobiidae
subfamilia = Ptininae
subfamilia_authority = Latreille, 1803
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "See text"Spider beetle are the approzimately 500 species of
beetle s in the subfamily Ptininae of the familyAnobiidae . They are sometimes considered a family in their own right, which is then called Ptinidae. Spider beetles have round bodies, long, slender legs, and lack wings. They are generally 1–5 mm long. Both the larvae and the adults arescavenger s. They reproduce at the rate of two to three generations per year.Genera
About 11 genera are recognised [ITIS|ID=114472|taxon=Ptinidae] :
*"Gibbium " Scopoli, 1777
*"Gnostus " Westwood, 1855
*"Mezium " Curtis, 1828
*"Niptinus " Fall, 1905
*"Niptus " Boieldieu, 1856
*"Pitnus " Gorham, 1883
*"Pseudeurostus " Heyden, 1906
*"Ptinus " Linnaeus, 1766
*"Sphaericus " Wollaston, 1854
*"Tipnus " Thomson, 1863
*"Trigonogenius " Solier, 1849External links
*cite web |url=http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/spiderb.html |publisher=
Iowa State University |title=Spider beetle |date=2005-07-14
*cite web |url=http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/spiderbeetle.htm |publisher=Pennsylvania State University |title=Spider beetles |author= Steve Jacobs |date=October 2006
*cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069112/spider-beetle |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=Spider beetle
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