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Ptinus subpilosus

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Ptinus subpilosus is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 3.02 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Ptinus subpilosus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3.02 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is Ptinus subpilosus?

PTINUS SUBPILOSUS · LENGTH 3.02 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3.02 mm, the recorded maximum length of the ptinus subpilosus is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Ptinus subpilosus 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 subpilosus 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 subpilosus 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 subpilosus classified?

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

Synonyms Ptinus merkli

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • kaarnalesiäinenFinnish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ptinus subpilosus

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 subpilosus?

An adult Ptinus subpilosus measures 3.02 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Ptinus subpilosus live?

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

What kind of animal is Ptinus subpilosus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{ptinus_subpilosus_2026,
  title = {Ptinus subpilosus (Ptinus subpilosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-subpilosus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}