Ptinus

There is one myrmecophilous species in this genus of Ptinidae.

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List of Ptinus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Ptinus hispaniolaensis	Philips & Smiley, 2010	ants	Dominican Republic

REFERENCES

• Bell and Philips. 2008. A revision of the South African myrmecophile Diplocotidus (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). African Entomology 16(1):33

• Lawrence, J.F. and Hans Reichardt. 1969. The myrmecophilous Ptinidae Coleoptera with a key to Australian species, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College,138:1-27.

• T. Keith Philips and Michelle E. Smiley "Ptinus hispaniolaensis, a New Species of Spider Beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Hispaniola," Florida Entomologist 93(4), 567-570, (1 December 2010).