Ptomaphagus

Ptomaphagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Leiodidae
Subfamily:	Cholevinae
Genus:	Ptomaphagus Hellwig, 1795
Synonyms
AdelopsTellkampf, 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

• 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 sibiricus Jeannel, 1934
• 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

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.
4. "Finally: a beetle named after The Beatles". Nature Today.

Further reading

• 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.