Ptomaphagus forticornis, Matthews, 1888: 100

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 : 61

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scientific name	Ptomaphagus forticornis
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Treatment

P. forticornis Matthews, 1888: 100 View in CoL ;

Jeannel, 1933: 251 (assignment to subgenus Adelops Tellkampf [1844] , as a general statement), 1934: 162 (assignment to subgenus Merodiscus Jeannel [1934] , in key), 1936: 83; Szymczakowski, 1961: 146 (assignment to subgenus Tupania View in CoL ); Peck, 1973a: 58 (type seen), 1977: 209. No information about types in original description; Holotype female [in Peck, 1977: 208 fig. 134] in BMNH.

Type locality: Cordova [Córdoba], [Veracruz State], Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico: Hidalgo, Puebla, and Veracruz States. Biology: In forests.

References

Jeannel, R. (1933) Trois Adelops nouveaux de l'Amerique du Nord. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 38, 251 - 253.

Jeannel, R. (1934) Les Ptomaphagus Palearctiques. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, 1, 161 - 170.

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.

Szymczakowski, W. (1961) Especes neotropicales nouvelles ou peu connues de la famille Catopidae (Coleoptera). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 31, 139 - 163.

Tellkampf, T. (1844) Beschreibung einiger neuer in der Mammuth-Hohle in Kentucky aufgefundener Gattungen von Gliederthieren. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 19, 318 - 322, pl. 8. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 29561

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Taxonomy

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