Ptomaphagus spp.

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of the Coleoptera communities in leaf litter and rotten wood in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (259), pp. 1-58 : 18

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scientific name	Ptomaphagus spp.
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Ptomaphagus spp. (female) ( Fig. 21 View Figures 19–24 )

Comments. The only other member of this genus we collected was Ptomaphagus appalachianus (Peck) and many of these specimens are probably females of that species; however, Tishechkin (2007) reported several undescribed species within GSMNP. Range: this genus is found eastern North America. Habitat: caves, forest floor debris, tree hole, rotten tree roots. Collection Method: sifting/Berlese litter, carrion bait traps. Biology: probably a scavenger on decaying organic matter. Present Study: significantly higher abundance in leaf litter and primary forest, indifferent to season. References: Blatchley 1910; Peck 1978 (as Adelopsis ), 2001; Peck and Thomas 1998; Tishechkin 2007.

References

Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Coleoptera or beetles known to occur in Indiana. The Nature Publishing Company; Indianapolis, Indiana. 1386 p.

Peck, S. B. 1978. Systematics and evolution of forest litter Adelopsis in the Southern Appalachians (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Catopinae). Psyche 85: 355 - 382.

Peck, S. B. and M. C. Thomas. 1998. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 16: viii + 180.

Figures

Figures 19–24. Habitus images. 19) Catopocerus sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Catopocerinae). 20) Ptomaphagus appalachianus (Peck) (Leiodidae: Cholevinae). 21) Ptomaphagus sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Cholevinae). 22) Agathidium sp. (female) (Leiodidae: Leiodinae). 23) Stelidota octomaculata (Say) (Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae). 24) Acrotrichis sp. (Ptiliidae: Acrotrichinae).