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Ptinus bicinctus

Status not recordedbeetles

Ptinus bicinctus is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.56 mm in length.

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Quick facts about Ptinus bicinctus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2.56 mm
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

How big is Ptinus bicinctus?

PTINUS BICINCTUS · LENGTH 2.56 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.56 mm, the recorded maximum length of the ptinus bicinctus is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Ptinus bicinctus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ptinus bicinctus as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Denmark
  3. Slovenia
  4. 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 Ptinus bicinctus 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 Ptinus bicinctus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyPtinidae
  6. genusPtinus
  7. SpeciesPtinus bicinctus Sturm, 1837

Synonyms Ptinus bescidicus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ptinus bicinctus

Other species in the same genus Ptinus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Ptinus bicinctus?

An adult Ptinus bicinctus measures 2.56 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is Ptinus bicinctus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ptinus bicinctus as introduced in 4 countries: Austria, Denmark, Slovenia and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Ptinus bicinctus?

Ptinus bicinctus (Ptinus bicinctus) 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). Ptinus bicinctus (Ptinus bicinctus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-bicinctus

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BibTeX
@misc{ptinus_bicinctus_2026,
  title = {Ptinus bicinctus (Ptinus bicinctus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-bicinctus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}