title: Two new synonymies at the generic level in Neotropical Ptomaphagini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae).
abstract: We here recognize the genus Excelsiorella (s. str.) Salgado, 2008 as a junior synonym of the genus Adelopsis Portevin, 1907, and Viruana Salgado, 2013, a subgenus of Excelsiorella, as a junior synonym of the genus Parapaulipalpina Gnaspini, 1996. As a consequence, we propose the following new combinations: Adelopsis latissima (Salgado, 2008) n. comb. (from Excelsiorella (s. str.)) and Parapaulipalpina tambopata (Salgado, 2013) n. comb. (from Excelsiorella (Viruana)).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, travessa 14, 101, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Email: gnaspini@ib.usp.br.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gnaspini
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, travessa 14, 101, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Caio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antunes-Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Research Associate, Entomology, Research and Collections Division, Canadian Museum of Nature PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON, K1P 6P4, Canada; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Stewart B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Peck
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size