Ptinus (Ptinus) fur (Linnaeus, 1758)

Morris 1937: 17; Georghiou 1977: 70; Borowski 2007: 336; Hagstrum & Subramanyam 2009: 154; Denux & Zagatti 2010: 345; Zahradník 2016b: 116.

Distribution. P: AB AF AG AL AR AU AZ BE BH BT BU BY CH CI CR CY i CZ DE EG EN FA FI FR GB GE GG GR HU IC i ID IN IQ IR IS IT JA i JO KI KZ LA LB LE LS LT LU MA MC MD ME MG MO MR NP NR NC PA PL PT RO RU SB SC SK SL SP SV SY SZ TD TM TR TU UK A i: AS NZ E i: MB NX SF I: ID N i: CN DEA US Nt i: BZ CU GT MQ. Cosmopolitan, (Borowski 2007; Hagstrum & Subramanyam 2009; Zahradník 2016b). Originally a Palearctic species.

Alien status. Considered “cryptogenic” (i.e., of unknown origin), possibly introduced to Cyprus (Denux & Zagatti 2010).

Material examined. Nicosia prov., Kyprovasa, Lefkara Dam, 29.iv.2012, 1 ♀, lgt., J. Plecháč, coll. PCJPL.