Ptomaphagus (s. str.) kuntzeni Sokolowski, 1957

Wang, Cheng-Bin, Nishikawa, Masaaki, Perreau, Michel, Ruzicka, Jan & Hayashi, Yasuhiko, 2016, Revision of the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Taiwan Island, ZooKeys 609, pp. 43-62 : 46

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Leiodidae

Ptomaphagus (s. str.) kuntzeni Sokolowski, 1957 Figs 1; 4

Ptomaphagus (s. str.) kuntzeni Sokolowski 1957: 140 ( Ptomaphagus ; type locality: [JAPAN] Hagi (? Landschaft Jamagutshi, Honshiu); ZMHB); Szymczakowski 1964: 63 ( Ptomaphagus ; female description; taxonomic remarks); Nishikawa 1983: 1 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in check-list); Harusawa and Yamamoto 2000: 242 ( Ptomaphagus ; distribution); Hayashi and Nishikawa 2010: 190 ( Ptomaphagus ; distribution); Perreau 2000: 363 ( Ptomaphagus (s. str.); in catalogue); Perreau 2004: 178 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in catalogue); Nishikawa 2011: 100 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; distribution; notes); Nishikawa et al. 2012: 274 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; distribution); Perreau 2015: 249 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in catalogue); Wang et al. in press ( Ptomaphagus (s. str.); redescription; distribution; remarks).

Ptomaphagus (s. str.) amamianus Nakane 1963: 42 ( Ptomaphagus ; type locality: [JAPAN] Naze, Amami-Oshima); Hayashi 1969: 2 ( Ptomaphagus ; characteristic figures; distribution); Nishikawa 1983: 1 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in check-list); Perreau 1996: 284 ( Ptomaphagus ; distribution); Perreau 2000: 362 ( Ptomaphagus (s. str.); in catalogue); Perreau 2004: 178 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in catalogue); Hayashi and Nishikawa 2010: 190 ( Ptomaphagus ; distribution); Perreau 2015: 249 ( Ptomaphagus (Ptomaphagus) ; in catalogue); Wang et al. in press ( Ptomaphagus (s. str.); synonymy with Ptomaphagus kuntzeni ).

Material examined.

3♂♂, Taiwan, 25.V.1977 / Fenchihu [奮起湖, ca. 23°30'N, 120°42'E], 1400 m / Klapperich leg. (1♂ in CJRZ, 1♂ in CMPR and 1♂ in MHNG); 1♀, same data as previous except: 14.V.1977 (CMPR); 1♀, TAIWAN, Nantou / Hsien, Meifeng [梅峰, ca. 24°05'N, 121°10'E] / 2130 m 10-17.VII.[19]93 / yellow pan traps / A. Smetana [leg.] (T147) (CJRZ); 1♀, TAIWAN Taichung / Hsien, Anmashan [鞍馬山, ca. 24°16'N, 121°00'E] / 2230 m 30.IV.-4.V.[19]90 / A. Smetana [leg.] (T32) // PTOMAPHAGUS / sp. (SMNS).

Remarks.

Perreau (1996) recorded the species from Taiwan Island under the name Ptomaphagus (s. str.) amamianus . We re-examined the specimens concerned and found that they have a partly different aedeagus from that of Japanese specimens (Fig. 4A, C, E): in specimens from Taiwan, the right apicoventral piece of median lobe is slender and subtriangular (Fig. 4B, D); while in specimens from Japan, it is shorter and subround (Fig. 4F). However, we consider that it is an intraspecific geographic variation because they have the basically identical shape of aedeagi and spermathecae, and no distinct differences in their external morphology.

Distribution.

China (Taiwan) (Fig. 12), Japan,?Myanmar.