The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records Author Nitzu, Eugen text Zootaxa 2013 3620 3 351 378 journal article 43816 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.2 e069b1f3-4ead-4ae7-8b0f-fe760f2d92c5 1175-5326 216183 56681B7A-1381-4071-9390-0410250D898B Subgenus Ptomaphagus (s.str.) 5. Ptomaphagus (s. str.) variicornis (Rosenhauer, 1847) Zoogeographic element. Euro-Caucasian. Distribution. in the north from England to South Scandinavia, from Central to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. The southern limits of the range include the Pyrenees, northern Italy and Romania . Distribution in Romania . Epigeal records. Bihor Mt., Rodna-Valea Vinului (LN36), Sibiu (KL77), Reşiţa (ER61) (all: Kuthy 1896); Braşov (LL85), Sighişoara (LM21), Buduş (LN11), Vârghiş (LM80), Predeal (ML20) (Petri 1912; Jeannel 1936); Piatra Craiulului (Seaca Valley, 15.V.2009 , AN leg., ISER) (LL63). Hypogeal records. P. Poarta Bihariei (FS25) (Decou 1964) ( Fig. 3 ). Ecological status. Trogloxene.