Ptomaphagus

Ptomaphagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Leiodidae
Subfamily:	Cholevinae
Tribe:	Ptomaphagini
Genus:	Ptomaphagus; Hellwig, 1795
Synonyms
	Adelops Tellkampf, 1843

Ptomaphagus is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 50 described species in Ptomaphagus.

ITIS Taxonomic note:

Although Ptomaphagus is sometimes attributed to Illiger 1798, Bouchard et al. (2011:173) attribute it to Hellwig 1795.

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
Ptomaphagus torodei Peck, 1984
Ptomaphagus ulkei Horn, 1885
Ptomaphagus valentinei Jeannel, 1933
Ptomaphagus walteri Peck, 1973
Ptomaphagus whiteselli Barr, 1963

References

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↑ "Ptomaphagus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
↑ "Finally: a beetle named after The Beatles". Nature Today.

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[bugref-1] "Ptomaphagus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-21.

[itis-2] 1 2 3 "Ptomaphagus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-21.

[eol-3] "Ptomaphagus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-21.

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

Ptomaphagus

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