title: Revision of the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Taiwan Island.
abstract: Ptomaphagus (s. str.) chenggongi sp. n. and Ptomaphagus (s. str.) tingtingae sp. n. (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini) are described from Taiwan Island. In addition, a new subjective synonym is proposed, Ptomaphagus (s. str.) yasutoshii Nishikawa, 1993 = Ptomaphagus (s. str.) smetanai Perreau, 1996, syn. n. Relevant morphological characters of the examined Ptomaphagus species are illustrated with colour plates, and their known distributions are mapped.
authors: Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
authors: Cheng-Bin
authors: CB
authors: Wang
authors: Kashiwagaya 1112-16, Ebina, 243-0402 Japan.
authors: Masaaki
authors: M
authors: Nishikawa
authors: IUT Paris Diderot, Université Paris Diderot case 7139 Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5, rue Thomas Mann, 75205 Paris cedex 13.
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Perreau
authors: Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Růžička
authors: Suimeidai 3-1-73, Kawanishi, 666-0116 Japan.
authors: Yasuhiko
authors: Y
authors: Hayashi
keywords: Cholevinae; Leiodidae; Ptomaphagus; Taiwan; new species; new synonym; taxonomy