Ptomaphaginus similis Schweiger, 1956

Wang, Cheng-Bin & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy of the genus Ptomaphaginus Portevin (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) from China, with description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 3941 (3), pp. 301-338 : 309

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scientific name	Ptomaphaginus similis Schweiger, 1956
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Ptomaphaginus similis Schweiger, 1956 View in CoL

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Schweiger, 1956: 535 ( Ptomaphaginus ; Type locality: CHINA, Fukien: Kuatun); Szymczakowski, 1964: 147 ( Ptomaphaginus ; note); Perreau, 2000: 376 ( Ptomaphaginus ; catalog).

Material examined. None.

Distribution. China (Fujian).

Remarks. Szymczakowski (1964) was the first person to discuss the problem concerning the holotypes of P. similis Schweiger and P. gracilis Schweiger : they were considered to be lost. Michel Perreau (Université Paris 7, Paris, France; personal communication) told us the holotypes were in his collection at present, yet the two specimens were found not complete at all: both do not have their aedeagi; for P. similis Schweiger , we have the chance that the genital segment is still present, what is important because some characters are useful on the spiculum gastrale (widely subelliptic) ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ); for P. gracilis Schweiger , only parts of the genital segment remain, but not the spiculum gastrale. According to Schweiger's (1956) original descriptions and considering the conditions of the holotypes, it was difficult to distinguish the two species.

References

Perreau, M. (2000) Catalogue des Coleopteres Leiodidae, Cholevinae et Platypsyllinae. Memories de la Societe entomologique de France, 4, 1 - 460.

Schweiger, H. (1956) Neue Catopiden aus Fukien (Coleoptera: Catopidae). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 6, 535 - 543.

Szymczakowski, W. (1964) Analyse systematique et zoogeographique des Catopidae (Coleoptera) de la region orientale. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 9 (2), 55 - 289.