''Ptenidium'' is a genus of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
belonging to the family
Ptiliidae.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
* ''
Ptenidium aprinum
''Ptenidium'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in a ...
''
Peyerimhoff, 1917
* ''
Ptenidium azafady
''Ptenidium'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Ptenidium aprinum
''Ptenidium'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan ...
''
Darby, 2014
References
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Ptiliidae