P. cavernicola Schwarz, 1898: 58
Jeannel, 1933: 251
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)
Peck, Stewart B.
Gnaspini, Pedro
Newton, Alfred F.
Zootaxa
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Schwarz, 1898: 58
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Insecta
Leiodidae
Ptomophagus
GBIF
Animalia
Coleoptera
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57
Arthropoda
species
cavernicola
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). Holotypemale in MCZC (n° 31961). Type locality: Cueva de la Boca, 20 miSSE Monterrey, near Santiago, Nuevo León State, Mexico. Distribution: Mexico: Nuevo León State: known only from type locality.