Ptomaphaginus

Ptomaphaginus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Leiodidae
Genus:	Ptomaphaginus; Portevin, 1914
Diversity
	About 97+ species

Ptomaphaginus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Leiodidae. It contains about 97 species worldwide.^[1] Most members live in caves or soil, thus eyes are absent or rudimentary.^[2] In 2008, a new species was discovered in the Sunda region.^[3] In 2017, two species in Japan were recorded,^[4] and 12 new species were discovered in China in 2015.^[5]

Species[]

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References[]

^ "Checklist of Ptomaphaginus Portevin". Cholevinae of the World. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan (2018). "Ptomaphaginus troglodytes sp. n., the first anophthalmic species of Ptomaphaginina from China". ZooKeys (749): 135–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24964. PMC 5904491. PMID 29674925. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ Schilthuizen, Menno; Perreau, Michel (January 2008). "New species and new records of Ptomaphaginus Portevin from the Sunda region, Southeast Asia". ncbi. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Nishikawa, Masaaki (2017-06-25). "Two New Ptomaphaginus (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Honshu and Shikoku, Japan, with a Supplemental Description of Ptomaphaginus takaosanus". Elytra. New Series. 7: 25–38. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ Wang, C. B; Zhou, H. Z (2015). "Taxonomy of the genus Ptomaphaginus Portevin (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) from China, with description of eleven new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (3): 301–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.3.1. PMID 25947514.
^ Peck, Stewart B (1981). "A new cave‐inhabiting Ptomaphaginus beetle from Sarawak". Systematic Entomology. 6 (2): 221–224. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00436.x. S2CID 86306976.
^ Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan (2018). "Ptomaphaginus troglodytes sp. n., the first anophthalmic species of Ptomaphaginina from China". ZooKeys (749): 135–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24964. PMC 5904491. PMID 29674925. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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[1] "Checklist of Ptomaphaginus Portevin". Cholevinae of the World. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[2] Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan (2018). "Ptomaphaginus troglodytes sp. n., the first anophthalmic species of Ptomaphaginina from China". ZooKeys (749): 135–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24964. PMC 5904491. PMID 29674925. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[3] Schilthuizen, Menno; Perreau, Michel (January 2008). "New species and new records of Ptomaphaginus Portevin from the Sunda region, Southeast Asia". ncbi. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] Nishikawa, Masaaki (2017-06-25). "Two New Ptomaphaginus (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Honshu and Shikoku, Japan, with a Supplemental Description of Ptomaphaginus takaosanus". Elytra. New Series. 7: 25–38. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[5] Wang, C. B; Zhou, H. Z (2015). "Taxonomy of the genus Ptomaphaginus Portevin (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) from China, with description of eleven new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (3): 301–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.3.1. PMID 25947514.

[6] Peck, Stewart B (1981). "A new cave‐inhabiting Ptomaphaginus beetle from Sarawak". Systematic Entomology. 6 (2): 221–224. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00436.x. S2CID 86306976.

[7] Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan (2018). "Ptomaphaginus troglodytes sp. n., the first anophthalmic species of Ptomaphaginina from China". ZooKeys (749): 135–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.749.24964. PMC 5904491. PMID 29674925. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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