Ptomaphagus

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 57

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F901615-D948-4C68-81E9-75282F594BAF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3797353

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E4F5B3F-FFC3-8760-FF75-CFAEFA4BF30F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ptomaphagus
status

 

Key to Subgenera of Ptomaphagus View in CoL of Latin America (from Peck et al., 1998a)

1a Antennal club long, beginning with segment IV or at summit of III, club segments laterally expanded; Mexico to Brazil...........................................................................................subgenus Tupania View in CoL

1b Antennal club normal, beginning with segment VI or VII...................................................... 2

2a Body flatter; with erect setae; modified for life with harvester ants; probably in Mexico...subgenus Echinocoleus [see Note]

2b Body less flat; setae recumbent; not modified for life with harvester ants............................ subgenus Adelops

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

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