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Hump beetle

Gibbium psylloides (Czenpinski, 1778)

Status not recordedbeetles

The hump beetle (Gibbium psylloides) is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the hump beetle

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hump beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hump beetle as introduced in 7 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Denmark
  3. Estonia
  4. Japan
  5. Slovenia
  6. Sweden
  7. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the hump beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hump beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyPtinidae
  6. genusGibbium
  7. SpeciesGibbium psylloides (Czenpinski, 1778)

Synonyms Gibbium longicorne, Gibbium psyllioides, Ptinus apterus, Ptinus scotias, Ptinus seminulum, Scotias psylloides

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Globose spider beetleEnglish
  • Shiny sipider beetleEnglish
  • Shiny spider beetleEnglish
  • vrtavec průsvitnýCzech
  • KugelkäferGerman
  • Ptine bombéFrench
  • אנובית העכבישHebrew
  • セマルヒョウホンムシJapanese
  • 동굴표본벌레Korean
  • rund tyvbilleNorwegian Bokmål
  • KogelkevertjeDutch
  • 裸蛛甲Chinese
  • BuckelkäferGerman
  • Ronde diefkeverDutch
  • 麦蛛甲Chinese
  • 麦裸蛛甲Chinese

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Relatives of the hump beetle

Other species in the same genus Gibbium.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the hump beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hump beetle as introduced in 7 countries, including Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Japan and Slovenia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the hump beetle?

The hump beetle (Gibbium psylloides) belongs to the family Ptinidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hump beetle (Gibbium psylloides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hump-beetle

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“Hump beetle (Gibbium psylloides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hump-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{hump_beetle_2026,
  title = {Hump beetle (Gibbium psylloides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hump-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}