Ptomaphaginus

Ptomaphaginus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Leiodidae
Genus:	Ptomaphaginus; Portevin, 1914
Diversity
	About 97+ species

Ptomaphaginus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Leiodidae. It contains about 97 species worldwide. Most members live in caves or soil, thus eyes are absent or rudimentary. In 2008, a new species was discovered in the Sunda region. In 2017, two species in Japan were recorded, and 12 new species were discovered in China in 2015.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ptomaphaginus:

References

↑ "Checklist of Ptomaphaginus Portevin". Cholevinae of the World. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
↑ Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan (2018). "Ptomaphaginus troglodytes sp. n., the first anophthalmic species of Ptomaphaginina from China". ZooKeys (749): 135–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24964. PMC 5904491. PMID 29674925. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
↑ Schilthuizen, Menno; Perreau, Michel (January 2008). "New species and new records of Ptomaphaginus Portevin from the Sunda region, Southeast Asia". ncbi. Retrieved 3 April 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ Nishikawa, Masaaki (2017-06-25). "Two New Ptomaphaginus (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Honshu and Shikoku, Japan, with a Supplemental Description of Ptomaphaginus takaosanus". Elytra. New Series. 7: 25–38. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
↑ Wang, C. B; Zhou, H. Z (2015). "Taxonomy of the genus Ptomaphaginus Portevin (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) from China, with description of eleven new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (3): 301–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.3.1. PMID 25947514.
↑ Peck, Stewart B (1981). "A new cave-inhabiting Ptomaphaginus beetle from Sarawak". Systematic Entomology. 6 (2): 221–224. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00436.x. S2CID 86306976.
↑ Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan (2018). "Ptomaphaginus troglodytes sp. n., the first anophthalmic species of Ptomaphaginina from China". ZooKeys (749): 135–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24964. PMC 5904491. PMID 29674925. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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[1] "Checklist of Ptomaphaginus Portevin". Cholevinae of the World. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[2] Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan (2018). "Ptomaphaginus troglodytes sp. n., the first anophthalmic species of Ptomaphaginina from China". ZooKeys (749): 135–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24964. PMC 5904491. PMID 29674925. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[3] Schilthuizen, Menno; Perreau, Michel (January 2008). "New species and new records of Ptomaphaginus Portevin from the Sunda region, Southeast Asia". ncbi. Retrieved 3 April 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] Nishikawa, Masaaki (2017-06-25). "Two New Ptomaphaginus (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Honshu and Shikoku, Japan, with a Supplemental Description of Ptomaphaginus takaosanus". Elytra. New Series. 7: 25–38. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[5] Wang, C. B; Zhou, H. Z (2015). "Taxonomy of the genus Ptomaphaginus Portevin (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) from China, with description of eleven new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (3): 301–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.3.1. PMID 25947514.

[6] Peck, Stewart B (1981). "A new cave-inhabiting Ptomaphaginus beetle from Sarawak". Systematic Entomology. 6 (2): 221–224. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00436.x. S2CID 86306976.

[7] Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan (2018). "Ptomaphaginus troglodytes sp. n., the first anophthalmic species of Ptomaphaginina from China". ZooKeys (749): 135–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24964. PMC 5904491. PMID 29674925. Retrieved 3 April 2018.