Revision of the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Japan

By

Wang, Chengbin
Růžička, Jan
Nishikawa, Masaaki
Perreau, Michel
Hayashi, Yasuhiko

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

607

Pages

119-144

Subjects

Cholevinae , Japan , Leiodidae , new species , new synonyms , Ptomaphagus , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.607.9074

 

Abstract

After examining Japanese material of Ptomaphagus Hellwig from various collections, a new species is described, P. (s. str.) piccoloisp. n., and a new subjective synonym proposed, P. (s. str.) kuntzeni Sokolowski, 1957 = P. (s. str.) amamianus Nakane, 1963, syn. n., in this paper. Relevant morphological characters of examined species of Ptomaphagus are illustrated with colour plates, and known distributions are mapped.