Ptinus fur

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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Common name (English)

Whitemarked spider beetle

Global distribution

Africa 945 4; Africa 374 0; Australia 13 0; Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) 373 0; North America 132 0; Southern Asia 128 0

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Habitat detail

Nicosia prov., Kyprovasa, Lefkara Dam, 29.iv.2012, 1 ♀, lgt., J. Plecháč, coll. PCJPL (Zahradník and Demetriou 2023).

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic:

Impacts

Negative

A pest of books, whoollen goods, skins (Morris 1937); under bark of pear (Georghiou 1977).

Online resource

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1…

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM

Pathway detail

CBD pathway per EASIN (2023).

References

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.

Zahradník P, Demetriou J (2023) A review of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) of Cyprus, including new faunistic records and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5306 (2): 243-265. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.2.5

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/