Family Ptiliidae

(+ Limulodidae)

The feather-wing beetles

reviewed by M. Sorenson, June 1993; W.E. Hall, January 1996

Subfamily Ptiliinae

Actidium Matthews

• A. sp., FL (see Dybas 1976)

Actinopteryx Matthews (see Dybas 1976)

• A. fucicola (Allibert), TX, VA, FL, WInd, Old World

Bambara Vuillet (see Dybas 1966; for synonyms, Johnson 1985)
= Eurygyne Dybas

• B. brunnea (Britten), FL (COLL, DAD, HIG, ORA), Panama, Trinidad, Galapagos, Cape Verde Isl., Seychelles, Reunion, probably pantropical
  =B. suteri (Dybas)
• B. contorta (Dybas), FL (COLL, DAD, HIG, SEM, VOL)
• B. frosti (Dybas), FL (BAY, COLL, DAD, HIG, LEO, MON, ORA), Bahamas, Galapagos, Madagascar, probably pantropical
• B. fusca (Dybas), AL-IL-MD-FL (LEO, HIG, JEF), Bahamas
  =B. intricata (Dybas)
• *B. intricata (Dybas), Bahamas
• B. steevesi (Dybas), FL (DAD, HIG)
• B. testacea (Britten), LA-GA-FL (ALA, BAK, CAL, COLL, DAD (Palma Vista), DIX, FRA, GUL, HIG, JEF, LEE, LEV, LIB, MAD, MARI, MON, ORA, OSC, PIN, SAR, SEM, SUW, TAY, VOL, WAK), Bahamas, Bermuda, Solomon Islands, Madagascar, pantropical
  =B. lutea (Dybas)
• B. wagneri (Dybas), FL (DAD), Reunion, Mauritius, Mariannas; pantropical

Millidium Motschulsky (separate from Ptilium)

• M. sp. indet., FL (COL)

Nossidium Erichson

• N. americanum Motschulsky, IN-GA-FL

Ptenidium Erichson

• P. atormaroides Motschulsky, FL
• P. foveicolle LeConte, LA, FL

Ptiliola Haldeman
=Nanoptilium Flack

• P. sp. indet., FL

Ptilium Gyllenhal (see Dybas 1990)

• P. sp. indet., FL

Ptinella Motschulsky

• P. nigrovittis LeConte, LA-FL
• P. pini LeConte, GA, FL

Ptinellodes Matthews (see Dybas 1978)

• P. lecontei (Gemminger and Harold), MS-NC-FL (CLA, HIG, JEF)
• P. suteri Dybas, AL-GA-FL (MON)

Subfamily Nanosellinae

Florida records for this subfamily were supplied by W.E. Hall

Nanosella Motschulsky

• N. sp., FL (JAC)

Throscoptilium Barber

• T. sp., FL (HER)

Suterina Dybas

• S. sp., FL (LEO)

Subfamily Cephaloplectinae

(=Limulodidae)

Limulodes Matthews

• L. paradoxus Matthews, AZ-IA-NY-FL

Subfamily Acrotrichinae

Acrotrichis Motschulsky

• A. discoloroides Johnson, TX-IN-MA-FL (ALA, PUT, SUW), WInd, CAmer, pantropical

Nephanes Thomson

• N. laeviusculus Matthews, LA, FL
• N. titan (Newman), widespread Canada, US, FL, Europe, West Africa, New Zealand

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