Ptomophagus meximontanus, Peck, 1973 a: 138

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, 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), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 60

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scientific name	Ptomophagus meximontanus
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P. meximontanus Peck, 1973a: 138,

1977: 192 (assignment to group).

Holotype male in MCZC (n° 31959).

Type locality: 9 mi NW Pinal de Amoles, 9000’, 4 mi NE Rio Blanco (17 mi W Jalpan), Querétaro State, Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico: Querétaro State: known only from vicinity of type locality. Biology: Small eyed forest soil inhabitant.

Peck, S. B. (1973 a) A systematic revision and the evolutionary biology of the Ptomaphagus (Adelops) beetles of North America (Coleoptera: Catopinae), with emphasis on cave-inhabiting species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University, 145, 29 - 162.

Peck, S. B. (1977) The subterranean and epigean Catopinae of Mexico (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies, 6, 185 - 213.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Leiodidae
SubFamily	Catopocerinae
Tribe	Ptomaphagini
SubTribe	Ptomaphagina
Genus	Ptomophagus
SubGenus	Adelops