Ptomaphagus Hellwig, 1795

Latella, Leonardo, 2015, The Cholevinae Kirby, 1837 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) of the Maritime Alps, Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 595-604 : 598

Genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig, 1795

Ptomaphagus (s.str.) sericatus

(Chaudoir, 1845)

Catops sericatus Chaudoir, 1845: 199 .

LITERATURE RECORDS. — France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Alpes-Maritimes: Saint-Martin-Vésubie ( Jeannel 1936).

DISTRIBUTION. — Polytypic species, distributed throughout Europe, eastwards as far as the Caucasus and southwards as far as Spain.

CHOROTYPE. — Central European.

REMARKS

Species common in woodland leaf litter, at cave entrances and in tree hollows at different heights above ground. In the Czech Republic it was trapped in meadows ( Kocárek 2003) and in the Oriental Alps it has been captured with Malaise traps positioned up to 20 meters highs above ground (Latella unpublished data). Occasionally it might be pholeophilic ( Leleup 1948).

Ptomaphagus (s.str.) subvillosus

(Goeze, 1777)

Silpha subvillosa Goeze, 1777: 199 .

LITERATURE RECORDS. — Italy, Piedmont, Cuneo: Bersezio ( Zoia & Latella 2006).

DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed in Central and Western Europe.

CHOROTYPE. — Central European.

REMARKS

Saprophilous species that lives in the leaf litter of deciduous woodlands and occasionally enters natural caves.