Ptomophagus cavernicola, Schwarz, 1898: 58

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

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scientific name

Ptomophagus cavernicola
status

 

P. cavernicola Schwarz, 1898: 58 ;

Jeannel, 1933: 251 (assignment to subgenus, as a general statement), 1949: 101 (assignment to group). Note: With two subspecies.

Distribution: Widespread in eastern U.S. A; Mexico: Nuevo León State. Biology: Common troglophile, also in forests.

P. c. aditus Peck, 1973a: 127, 1973b: 103 (no new record); 1977: 193 (no new record). Holotype male in MCZC (n° 31961). Type locality: Cueva de la Boca, 20 mi SSE Monterrey, near Santiago, Nuevo León State, Mexico. Distribution: Mexico: Nuevo León State: known only from type locality.

Jeannel, R. (1933) Trois Adelops nouveaux de l'Amerique du Nord. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 38, 251 - 253.

Peck, S. B. (1973 a) A systematic revision and the evolutionary biology of the Ptomaphagus (Adelops) beetles of North America (Coleoptera: Catopinae), with emphasis on cave-inhabiting species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University, 145, 29 - 162.

Peck, S. B. (1973 b) A review of the cavernicolous Catopinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) of Mexico State, Belize, and Guatemala. Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies, 5, 97 - 106.

Schwarz, E. A. (1898) A new cave-inhabiting silphid. Journal of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4, 57 - 60.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

SubFamily

Catopocerinae

Tribe

Ptomaphagini

SubTribe

Ptomaphagina

Genus

Ptomophagus

SubGenus

Adelops