''Gibbium psylloides'', also known as the hump beetle or the smooth spider beetle (the latter of which it shares with '' Gibbium aequinoctiale''), is a species of

spider beetle Spider beetles make up the subfamily Ptininae, in the family Ptinidae. There are approximately 70 genera and 600 species in the subfamily, with about 12 genera and 70 species in North America north of Mexico. Spider beetles have round bodies wi ...

in the genus ''

Gibbium ''Gibbium'' is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae. Species and distribution:Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

, and

North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

. It was first described and given a binomial name by

Paweł Czenpiński Paweł Czenpiński (1755 – 1793) was a Polish physician, botanist, zoologist, entomologist and Education, educator. He was among the earliest followers of Linnean binomial system in Poland where he coauthored one of the first zoology textbooks w ...

in 1778. North American references to ''G. psylloides'' actually refer to '' Gibbium aequinoctiale''.

References

Beetles described in 1778 Bostrichoidea {{Bostrichoidea-stub