Comparative - Images / Descriptions / Hosts / Distribution

Cosmopolitan
Gibbium aequinoctiale smooth spider beetle
Gibbium psylloides is restricted to the Palearctic (Europe and Mediterranean) region, south east Asia and North Africa.
Gibbium psylloides smooth spider beetle
Almost confined to the northern hemisphere; Europe, North Africa, North America, Canada and New Zealand
Mezium affine shiny spider beetle
Cosmopolitan
Mezium americanum American spider beetle

Cosmopolitan except for some of the tropics.

Niptus hololeucus golden spider beetle

Australia: Tasmania and Victoria.

Throughout much of Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Ptinus exulans spider beetle

Europe, North Africa, Asia, Canada & North America, New Zealand & Australia

Ptinus fur whitemarked spider beetle
Records from Cgina, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan.
Ptinus japonicus spider beetle

European and Mediterranean distrbution as: Austria, Bosnia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Slovenia

Source:

See EUNIS weblink

Ptinus obesus spider beetle
Native to the Australasian region (and thought to have originated in Tasmania), now occurs in Europe, North America and Canada.
Ptinus ocellus Australian Spider Beetle

Throughout most of Europe, UK and Mediterranean region.

See EUNIS taxonomy and distribition map weblink

Ptinus pilosus spider beetle

Throughout most of Europe and the Mediterranean region. Perhaps now in Canada.

See EUNIS Taxonomy & Distribution for European distribution

See Bugguide weblink for Canadian reference

Ptinus sexpunctatus spider beetle
Occurs in Mediterranean region, North America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Sphaericus gibboides spider beetle
Known from the United Kingdom and Namibia South Africa.
Stethomezium notiale spider beetle
Occurs in Europe, USA, Canada, Central & South America, temperate Africa and Australia
Trigonogenius globulus globular spider beetle