Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus Jeannel, 1934

Wang, Cheng-Bin, Ruzicka, Jan, Nishikawa, Masaaki, Perreau, Michel & Hayashi, Yasuhiko, 2016, Revision of the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Japan, ZooKeys 607, pp. 119-144 : 138-140

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Leiodidae

Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus Jeannel, 1934 Figs 1F; 7 A–D

Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus Jeannel 1934: 165 ( Ptomaphagus (s. str.); type locality: [RUSSIA, Far East] Wladiwostok; SDEI); Jeannel 1936: 72, 84 ( Ptomaphagus (s. str.); in key; distribution); Nishikawa 1983: 1 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in check-list); Perreau 2000: 364 ( Ptomaphagus (s. str.); in catalogue); Perreau 2004: 178 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in catalogue); Zinchenko and Lyubechanskii 2008: 340 ( Ptomaphagus ; distribution); Perreau 2015: 249 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in catalogue).

Material examined.

Type material. Holotype: ♀, [RUSSIA, Far East] Wladiwostok [ca. 43°10'N, 132°00'E] // Reitter // Coll. Koltze // Pt. variicornis / Rosenh. // Ptomaphagus sibiricus Jeann. / type / R. Jeannel det. // DEI Müncheberg / Col - 07069 (SDEI).

Distribution.

Russia (Far East).

Remarks.

Jeannel (1936) thought that Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus is also distributed in Japan based on a single female specimen from Chiuzenji (deposited in BMNH). So far, we have not seen any specimens from Japan identical with the holotype of Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus , and examined specimens previously identified as Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus actually belong to Ptomaphagus (s. str.) piccoloi sp. n. After examining this Japanese female specimen, labeled "Japan. / G. Lewis. / B. M. 1926-369. // Chiuzenji [ca. 36°46'N, 139°28'E]. // Ptomaphagus / sibiricus Jean. / Jeannel det.", we found it actually belongs to Ptomaphagus (s. str.) kuntzeni , so Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus is absent in Japan.

Unfortunately, the spermatheca and genital segment of the holotype of Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus are missing. This species will be described in another paper after examining more specimens from the Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula.