Ptinus tectus (Australian spider-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Ptinidae
Subfamily: Ptininae
Tribe: Ptinini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2.9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Rearing in insectary from Acacia dealbata — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus obliqua — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus viminalis.
