Ptomaphagus

Ptomaphagus is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 50 described species in Ptomaphagus.[1][2][3]

Ptomaphagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Subfamily: Cholevinae
Genus: Ptomaphagus
Hellwig, 1795

ITIS Taxonomic note:[2]

  • Although Ptomaphagus is sometimes attributed to Illiger 1798, Bouchard et al. (2011:173) attribute it to Hellwig 1795.[2]

Species
  • Ptomaphagus acutus Peck and Gnaspini, 1997
  • Ptomaphagus alleghenyensis (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus appalachianus (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus barri Peck, 1973
  • Ptomaphagus bedfordensis (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus brevior Jeannel, 1949
  • Ptomaphagus californicus (LeConte, 1854)
  • Ptomaphagus cavernicola Schwarz, 1898
  • Ptomaphagus chihuahuensis (Peck, 1976)
  • Ptomaphagus chromolithus Peck, 1984
  • Ptomaphagus cocytus Peck, 1973
  • Ptomaphagus consobrinus (LeConte, 1853)
  • Ptomaphagus cumberlandus (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus densus Hatch, 1957
  • Ptomaphagus episcopus Peck, 1973
  • Ptomaphagus fecundus (Barr, 1963)
  • Ptomaphagus fiskei Peck, 1973
  • Ptomaphagus fisus Horn, 1885
  • Ptomaphagus fumosus (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus geomysi Peck and Skelley, 2002
  • Ptomaphagus hatchi Jeannel, 1933
  • Ptomaphagus hazelae Peck, 1973
  • Ptomaphagus hirtus (Tellkampf, 1844)
  • Ptomaphagus hubrichti Barr, 1958
  • Ptomaphagus inyoensis Peck and Gnaspini, 1997
  • Ptomaphagus joanna (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus jonesi (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus julius Peck, 1973
  • Ptomaphagus laticornis Jeannel, 1949
  • Ptomaphagus lincolnensis Peck, 1978
  • Ptomaphagus loedingi Hatch, 1933
  • Ptomaphagus longicornis Jeannel, 1949
  • Ptomaphagus manzano Peck, 1978
  • Ptomaphagus merritti Tishechkin, 2007
  • Ptomaphagus mitchellensis (Hatch, 1933)
  • Ptomaphagus nashvillensis (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus nevadicus Horn, 1880
  • Ptomaphagus orichalcum (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus parashant Peck and Wynne, 2013
  • Ptomaphagus pecki Gnaspini, 1996
  • Ptomaphagus piperi Hatch, 1933
  • Ptomaphagus pisgahensis (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus richlandensis (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus schwarzi Hatch, 1933
  • Ptomaphagus scottsboroensis (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus setiger (Horn, 1885)
  • Ptomaphagus shapardi Sanderson, 1939
  • Ptomaphagus solanum Peck, 1973
  • Ptomaphagus sonorensis (Peck, 1976)
  • Ptomaphagus steevesi (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus subvillosus (Goeze, 1777)
  • Ptomaphagus suteri (Peck, 1979)
  • Ptomaphagus texanus Melander, 1902
  • Ptomaphagus thomomysi Hatch, 1957
  • Ptomaphagus torodei Peck, 1984
  • Ptomaphagus ulkei Horn, 1885
  • Ptomaphagus valentinei Jeannel, 1933
  • Ptomaphagus walteri Peck, 1973
  • Ptomaphagus whiteselli Barr, 1963
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References
  1. "Ptomaphagus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  2. "Ptomaphagus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  3. "Ptomaphagus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-21.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
  • Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
  • Majka, C.; Langor, D. (2008). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography". ZooKeys. doi:10.3897/zookeys.2.56.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.


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