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

Ptomaphaginus similis Schweiger, 1956

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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 ); 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.

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FIGURE 4. Ptomaphaginus similis Schweiger, 1956: abdominal segment IX ♂ (ventral view; holotype; based on Michel Perreau’s photo).