Stagetus Explained

Stagetus is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Stagetus. They eat fungi.^[1]

Species

These species belong to the genus Stagetus:

• Stagetus andalusiacus (Aubé, 1861)

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• Stagetus borealis Israelsson, 1971

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• Stagetus byrrhoides (Mulsant & Rey, 1861)

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• Stagetus championi (Schilsky, 1899)

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• Stagetus cobosi Viñolas, 2012
• Stagetus conicicollis (Schilsky, 1899)

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• Stagetus curimoides (Reitter, 1884)

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• Stagetus dorcatomoides (Brenske & Reitter, 1884)

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• Stagetus elongatus (Mulsant & Rey, 1861)

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• Stagetus euphorbiae Israelson, 1971

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• Stagetus ferreri Espaol, 1994

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• Stagetus franzi Español, 1969

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• Stagetus grossus White, 1976

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• Stagetus hirtulus Wollaston, 1861

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• Stagetus italicus (Reitter, 1885)

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• Stagetus micoae Viñolas, 2011
• Stagetus montanus Toskina, 1998

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• Stagetus pellitus (Chevrolat, 1859)

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• Stagetus pilula (Aubé, 1861)

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• Stagetus profundus (LeConte, 1865)

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• Stagetus propinquus (Obenberger, 1917)

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• Stagetus puncticollis (Brenske & Reitter, 1884)

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• Stagetus sardous (Reitter, 1915)

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• Stagetus thurepalmi Israelson, 1971

^gData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arango . Rachel A.. Young . Daniel K.. 2012. Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209.
• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Borowski . Jerzy. Wegrzynowicz . Piotr. 2007. World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. 9788392618218.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 978-0665100550. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 978-0395910894. registration.
• Wollaston . T.V.. 1861. On the Anobiidae of the Canary Islands. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 7. 11–19.

Notes and References

1. de F. e Silva, I., et al. (2008). Additions to the knowledge of genus Stagetus Wollaston, 1861 (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Graellsia 64(2) 335-38.