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Catops basilaris Say (troglophile) 
Records: Amador Co.: Skeleton Cave. Napa Co.: Clay Cave. Siskiyou Co.: Fern Cave. Tulare Co.: Carmoe Crevice 
Cave; Lost Soldier’s Cave; Overhang Cave; Palmer Cave; Pine Grosbeak Cave. 
Bibliography: Krejca (2006); Taylor and Krejca (2006). 
Ptomaphagus (Adelops ) spp. 
Records: Amador Co.: Hummingbird Cave; Moss Cave; Mushroom Cave; Santa Claus Cave; Rippled Cave (sp.l, sp.2); 
Root Cellar Cave; Skeleton Cave; Sutter Creek Cave; White Room Cave. Calaveras Co.: Dragon’s Breath Cave; Keith’s 
Chasm. 
Ptomaphagus (Adelops ) nr. cocytus Peck 
Record: Inyo Co.: Titus Canyon Cave. 
Ptomaphagus ( Adelops ) californicus (LeConte) (troglophile) 
Records: Amador Co.: Hummingbird Cave; Lulu Bell Cave; Skeleton Cave; Violin Cave. Calaveras Co.: Barren Cave; 
Bobcat Cave; Carlow’s Bat Cavern; Crystal Stanislaus Cave; Diane’s Cave; Grapevine Gulch Cave; Moaning Cave; Por¬ 
cupine Cave; Rabbit Hole; Wool Hollow Cave. Fresno Co.: Bear Den Cave; Beauty Cave; Saturday Cave; Windy Cliff 
Cave. Mariposa Co.: Damp Cave. Napa Co.: Clay Cave. San Bernardino Co.: Mitchell Caverns. Siskiyou Co.: Red Tape 
Cave. Tulare Co.: Hidden Cave; Lost Soldier’s Cave; Ursa Minor Cave. Tuolumne Co.: mine; Crystal Palace; Mine Cave; 
Porcupine Cave; Porcupine Skull Cave. 
Comment: This species is also found in animal burrows. 
Bibliography: Aalbu (1990); Bradford (2005); Graening (2010); McEachem and Grady (1978); Peck (1973b); Peck and 
Gnaspini (1997). 
Ptomaphagus (Adelops ) fisus Horn (troglophile) 
Records: San Bernardino Co.: Medicine Cave; Mitchell Caverns. 
Comment: This species is more common around animal burrows than caves. 
Bibhography: Aalbu (1990); Graening (2010); Peck and Gnaspini (1997). 
Ptomaphagus ( Adelops ) inyoensis Peck and Gnaspini (troglobite) 
Record: Inyo Co.: Poleta Cave (type locality). 
Comment: This species has reduced eyes and functionless flight wings. It is known only from Poleta Cave. 
Bibhography: Peck and Gnaspini (2004). 
Ptomaphagus ( Adelops ) nevadicus (troglophile) 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Lost Piton Cave. Mariposa Co.: Indian Cave; Spider Cave. Tuolumne Co.: McLean’s Cave; 
Scorpion Cave; Transplant Mine. 
Comment: Numerous adults and some larvae of this species were transplanted from McLean’s Cave to the Transplant 
Mine. Specimens identified by McEachem and Grady as “Leiodidae” probably refer to this species. 
Bibhography: Briggs (1975); Elliott (1978); McEachem and Grady (1978); Peck (1973b); Zara Environmental (2009). 
Subfamily Leiodinae 
Agathidium concinnum Mannerheim 
Record: Tulare Co.: Cirque Cave. 
Agathidium virile Fall 
Record: Napa Co.: Clay Cave. 
Bibhography: Wheeler and Miller (2005). 
Family Meloidae (blister beetles) 
Eupompha elegans perpulchra (Horn) 
Record: San Bernardino Co.: Mitchell Caverns. 
Comment: It is possible that species was not actually taken within Mitchell Caverns but on the surface at the cave. 
Bibhography: Pinto (1979). 
