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Niptus is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyPtinidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
138
Family
Ptinidae
Collections
UNM, TTU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CASC, SDNHM
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anobiidae
Image
Niptus.hololeucus.jpg
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taxon name
Niptus
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Niptus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Niptus is a genus of beetle present in the Australian region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa.

Niptus as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niptus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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