Ptomaphagus

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| taxon = Ptomaphagus

| authority = Hellwig, 1795

|synonyms = Adelops Tellkampf, 1843

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Ptomaphagus is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 50 described species in Ptomaphagus.{{Cite web| title=Ptomaphagus Genus Information| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/108358| website=BugGuide.net| accessdate=2018-02-21}}{{Cite web| title=Ptomaphagus Report| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=933516| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System| accessdate=2018-02-21}}{{Cite web| title=Ptomaphagus Overview| url=http://eol.org/pages/3381225/overview| website=Encyclopedia of Life| accessdate=2018-02-21}}

ITIS Taxonomic note:

  • Although Ptomaphagus is sometimes attributed to Illiger 1798, Bouchard et al. (2011:173) attribute it to Hellwig 1795.

Species

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr.

| date = 2000

| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico

| publisher = CRC Press

| volume = 2nd Edition

| isbn = 0-8493-0212-9

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Leng | first1 = Charles W.

| date = 1920

| title = Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico

| publisher = John D. Sherman, Jr.

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Crotch | first1 = G.R.

| date = 1873

| title = Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico

| publisher = Naturalists' Agency

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  • {{Cite book

| editor-last1 = Capinera | editor-first1 = John L.

| date = 2008

| title = Encyclopedia of Entomology

| publisher = Springer

| isbn = 978-1402062421

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S.

| date = 1910

| title = An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana

| publisher = Nature Pub.

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Papp | first1 = Charles S.

| date = 1984

| title = Introduction to North American Beetles

| publisher = Entomography Pubns

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  • {{Cite journal

| last1 = Majka | first1 = C.

| last2 = Langor | first2 = D.

| date = 2008

| title = The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography

| journal = ZooKeys

| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.2.56

| doi-access = free

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = White | first1 = Richard E.

| date = 1983

| title = Peterson Field Guides: Beetles

| publisher = Houghton Mifflin

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Category:Leiodidae

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