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Ptinus maculosus

Status not recordedbeetles

Ptinus maculosus is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about Ptinus maculosus

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
Not recorded

Where does Ptinus maculosus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ptinus maculosus as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Japan

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 maculosus 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 maculosus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyPtinidae
  6. genusPtinus
  7. SpeciesPtinus maculosus Abeille de Perrin, 1895

Synonyms Ptinus japonicus, Ptinus subcarinatus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ptinus maculosus

Other species in the same genus Ptinus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Ptinus maculosus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ptinus maculosus as introduced in 1 country: Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Ptinus maculosus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{ptinus_maculosus_2026,
  title = {Ptinus maculosus (Ptinus maculosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-maculosus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}