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Ptinus capellae

Status not recordedbeetles

Ptinus capellae is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Ptinus capellae

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

Where does Ptinus capellae live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Ptinus capellae is listed for 1 country.

Switzerland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Switzerland

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ptinus capellae 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 capellae classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyPtinidae
  6. genusPtinus
  7. SpeciesPtinus capellae Reitter, 1880

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ptinus capellae

Other species in the same genus Ptinus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Ptinus capellae live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ptinus capellae for 1 country: Switzerland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Ptinus capellae?

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

MLA

“Ptinus capellae (Ptinus capellae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-capellae.

BibTeX
@misc{ptinus_capellae_2026,
  title = {Ptinus capellae (Ptinus capellae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-capellae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}