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Ptinus fur (Linnaeus, 1758) (a species of 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. (as Ptinus fur)

TMAG collections

Non-native (European origin)

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Bostrichoidea

Family: Ptinidae

Subfamily: Ptininae

Tribe: Ptinini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 4.5

Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
Ptinus-fur
Ptinus-fur
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