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PTOMAPHAGINA (9)
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Ptomaphagus (7)
Ptomaphagus ((Adelops)) (66)
Ptomaphagus ((Appadelopsis)) (17)
Ptomaphagus ((Echinocoleus)) (4)
Ptomaphagus ((Merodiscus)) (2)
Ptomaphagus ((Ptomaphagus)) (28)
Ptomaphagus amamianus
Ptomaphagus aritzensis
Ptomaphagus caucasicus
Ptomaphagus chendae
Ptomaphagus circassicus
Ptomaphagus clavalis
Ptomaphagus dacicus
Ptomaphagus davisii
Ptomaphagus divaricatus
Ptomaphagus hastatellus
Ptomaphagus kuntzeni
Ptomaphagus medius
Ptomaphagus nepalensis
Ptomaphagus pius (2)
Ptomaphagus pyrenaeus
Ptomaphagus rhagianicus
Ptomaphagus sardus
Ptomaphagus sericatus (4)
Ptomaphagus sibiricus
Ptomaphagus smetanai
Ptomaphagus subtruncatus
Ptomaphagus subvillosus (10)
Ptomaphagus tauricus
Ptomaphagus tenuicornis (3)
Ptomaphagus troglodytes
Ptomaphagus vallombrosae
Ptomaphagus varicornis (2)
Ptomaphagus yasutoshii
Ptomaphagus ((Synaulus)) (3)
Ptomaphagus ((Tupania)) (6)
PTOMAPHAGININA (4)
SCIAPHYINI (1)
Ptomaphagus medius (Rey)
Media
SUMMARY
(Description based on the identification key in Jeannel, 1936)
• Habitus short-oval, neither convex nor flattened
• The pronotum broad, sides curved in the basal part
• Elytra short, one and a half times as long as wide, more or less narrowed at the end
• Antennal club concolorous
• 2nd antennomere longer and broader than the 3rd
• 9th antennomere more than twice as broad as the 3rd
• Sutural angle of the elytra rounded, also in the female
• 2nd antennomere at least twice as long as broad
• At least 40 striae along the length of the pronotum
• Oval and convex
• Pronotum not broader than the elytra
• Elytra more or less narrowed apically, laterally clearly curved
• Antennae with a broad and darkened club
• Male metatibiae with a straight inner edge
• Transverse striae very fine and densely placed, superficial; about 50 along the length of the pronotum
• 6th antennomere very broad
• Apex of the penis sharp but not very elongated, not bent downwards