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Ptinus latro

Fabricius, 1775
Arthropoda » Coleoptera » Ptinidae » Ptinus latro
Common name (English)
Brown spider beetle
Global distribution

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

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic:

First detection year
1873
Online resource
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=6…
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Timber trade – TT
Pathway detail

CBD pathway per EASIN (2023).

References

Baudi di Selve F (1874) Coleopterorum messis in insula Cypro et Asia minore ab Eugenio Truqui congregatae recensitio: de Europaeis notis quibusdam additis. Pars quinta. Berliner
Entomologische Zeitschrift 17: 317-338.

Denux O, Zagatti P (2010) Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae. BioRisk 4(1): 315–406. https://doi.org/10.3897/biorisk.4.61

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/

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