Nitzu, Eugen
Ptomaphagus
Sign in to savePtomaphagus is a genus of small carrion beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 50 described species in Ptomaphagus.
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It sits within the topics Leiodidae and Staphyliniformia genera.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 918
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Leiodidae
- Collections
- UTC
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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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.
ITIS Taxonomic note: Although Ptomaphagus is sometimes attributed to Illiger 1798, Bouchard et al. (2011:173) attribute it to Hellwig 1795.
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