1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: Ptinus ocellus Brown (Coleoptera: Anobiidae: Ptininae)

Common Name Australian Spider Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/135900

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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum Victoria - [email protected] Author: Walker, K. Citation: Walker, K. (2007) Australian (Ptinus ocellus)Updated on 8/13/2021 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/135900

2.3. Facets Status: Native Australian Pest Species Group: Commodity Overview: General, Horticulture Commodity Type: Timber, Grains, Stored Products, , Beans & Peas Distribution: USA and Canada, Europe and Northern Asia, Mediterranean Basin, South and South-East Asia, Australasian - Oceanian

2.4. Other Names Ptinus tectus Boieldieu

2.5. Diagnostic Notes Adult body length 3.5 to 4 mm, body is dull reddish brown, with golden-brown or yellowish hair covering its elytra. This hair hides a series of longitudinal rows of small pits that are visible only when the hair is rubbed or worn off. This species can be confused with the male of P. fur. The species differs from manyother Ptinus spp. in having the elytral surface completely obscured by the vestiture, which consists mainly of dark golden appressed setae.This species is most similar to Niptus hololeucus and globulus, which also have the elytral surface com-pletely obscured by the vestiture; adults of P. tectusare distinct, however, in hav-ing the area between the antennal insertions narrow instead of wide. This species is known outside North America by the name Ptinus tectus Boieldieu. However, under article 72C(e) of theInternational Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the valid name for the Australian spider beetle is Ptinus ocellus Brown, since P. tectus Boildieu was originally proposed as a replacement name for Ptinus pilosus White (= Dorcatoma pilosus White, an anobiid). Source: See Canadian Beetle Identification Guide weblink

2.6. References T. Keith Philips (2000) Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: ) Systematic Entomology 25 (2), 235–262.

2.7. Web Links Canadian Beetle Identification Guide: http://sci.agr.ca/winnipeg/storage/pubs/beetles.pdf UK Fact sheet: http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th7j.htm Urban Entomology: http://www.insects.ucr.edu/ebeling/ebeling7.html 3. Diagnostic Images

Nat. Mus. Victoria; C. French's Collection Nat. Mus. Victoria; C. French's Collection 05.11.1980 05.11.1980 Antenna Image: Clare McLellan Museums Dorsal Image: Clare McLellan Museums Victoria Victoria

Nat. Mus. Victoria; C. French's Collection Museum Victoria 05.11.1980 Head Front Image: Clare McLellan Elytra Image: Clare McLellan Museums Museums Victoria Victoria

Nat. Mus. Victoria; C. French's Collection Nat. Mus. Victoria; C. French's Collection 05.11.1980 05.11.1980 Head Side Image: Clare McLellan Museums Lateral Image: Clare McLellan Museums Victoria Victoria Nat. Mus. Victoria; C. French's Collection Nat. Mus. Victoria; C. French's Collection 05.11.1980 05.11.1980 Posterior Image: Clare McLellan Museums Pronotum Image: Clare McLellan Museums Victoria Victoria

Nat. Mus. Victoria; C. French's Collection Sorrento, Victoria. February 1949 E. R. 05.11.1980 Price Thorax Side Image: Clare McLellan Ventral Image: Clare McLellan Museums Museums Victoria Victoria 4. Other Images

Australia: Victoria, Melbourne Australia: Victoria, Melbourne Dorsal view - female: Simon Hinkley & Ken Elytra female: Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker Walker Museums Victoria Museums Victoria

Australia: Victoria, Melbourne Australia: Victoria, Melbourne Head front female: Simon Hinkley & Ken Lateral view - female: Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker Museums Victoria Walker Museums Victoria

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