title: Revision of the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Japan.
abstract: After examining Japanese material of Ptomaphagus Hellwig from various collections, a new species is described, Ptomaphagus (s. str.) piccoloi sp. n., and a new subjective synonym proposed, Ptomaphagus (s. str.) kuntzeni Sokolowski, 1957 = Ptomaphagus (s. str.) amamianus Nakane, 1963, syn. n., in this paper. Relevant morphological characters of examined species of Ptomaphagus are illustrated with colour plates, and known distributions are mapped.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Cheng-Bin
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Růžička
authors.affiliation: Kashiwagaya 1112-16, Ebina, 243-0402 Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.affiliation: IUT Paris Diderot, Université Paris Diderot case 7139 Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5, rue Thomas Mann, 75205 Paris cedex 13.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perreau
authors.affiliation: Suimeidai 3-1-73, Kawanishi, 666-0116 Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
keywords: Cholevinae; Japan; Leiodidae; Ptomaphagus; new species; new synonyms; taxonomy