Ptomaphagus
| Ptomaphagus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Leiodidae |
| Subfamily: | Cholevinae |
| Genus: | Ptomaphagus Hellwig, 1795 |
| Synonyms | |
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Adelops Tellkampf, 1843 | |
Ptomaphagus is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 50 described species in Ptomaphagus.[1][2][3]
ITIS Taxonomic note:[2]
- Although Ptomaphagus is sometimes attributed to Illiger 1798, Bouchard et al. (2011:173) attribute it to Hellwig 1795.[2]
Species
[edit]- 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 thebeatles [4]
- Ptomaphagus torodei Peck, 1984
- Ptomaphagus ulkei Horn, 1885
- Ptomaphagus valentinei Jeannel, 1933
- Ptomaphagus walteri Peck, 1973
- Ptomaphagus whiteselli Barr, 1963
References
[edit]- ^ "Ptomaphagus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^ a b c "Ptomaphagus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^ "Ptomaphagus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^ "Finally: a beetle named after The Beatles". Nature Today.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 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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