Ptomaphagus cavernicola

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Ptomaphagus cavernicola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Genus: Ptomaphagus
Species:P. cavernicola
Binomial name
Ptomaphagus cavernicola
Schwarz, 1898

Ptomaphagus cavernicola is a species of small carrion beetle in the family Leiodidae. [1] [2] [3] It is found in Central America and North America. [1]

Leiodidae family of insects

Leiodidae is a family of beetles with around 3800 described species found worldwide. Members of this family are commonly called round fungus beetles due to the globular shape of many species, although some are more elongated in shape. They are generally small or very small beetles and many species have clubbed antennae.

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Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Ptomaphagus cavernicola:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [2] b = Bugguide.net [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ptomaphagus cavernicola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. 1 2 "Ptomaphagus cavernicola". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. 1 2 "Ptomaphagus cavernicola Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-30.

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