Golden spider beetle

Golden spider beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Superfamily:Bostrichoidea
Family:Ptinidae
Subfamily:Ptininae
Tribe:Ptinini
Genus:Niptus
Species: N. N. hololeucus
Binomial name
Niptus N. hololeucus
(Faldermann ) , 1836

The golden spider beetle, Niptus hololeucus, is a species of spider beetle in the family Ptinidae.[1][2]

Description

N. hololeucus is 3-4.5mm in length.[3] Its body is covered in silky golden hairs and fine scales.

Habitat

N. hololeucus may be a pest of a wide variety of cereal based food products.[3]

Distribution

It is a temperate species originating in West Asia but now cosmopolitan. It is widespread across western Europe.[4] A single record was first recorded in Iran in a cave 2014.[5] N. hololeucus is one of the two species of Niptus to be found in caves.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann, 1835) [Golden Spider Beetle]". NBN. 2012–2013. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  2. ↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  3. 1 2 "Golden spider beetle, Niptus hololeucus". PestWeb. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Niptus hololeucus (Falderman, 1836)". 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  5. 1 2 Dashan, M.; Sadeghi, S; Bakhshi, Y.; Malek-Hosseini, M.J (2014). "First record and redescription of Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann, 1835) from Kangohar Cave (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)". Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics. 10 (2): 81–85.


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