PTILININAE Shuckard, 1840
(fan-bearing wood-borers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Ptilinus pectinicornis
Fan-bearing Wood-borer
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 15 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyPTILININAE (fan-bearing wood-borers)
FamilyPTINIDAE (spider beetles)
SuperfamilyBOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PTILININAE (fan-bearing wood-borers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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