title: Revision of the genusPtomaphagusHellwig (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from the Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula.
abstract: The conundrum of Ptomaphagus (s. str.) sibiricus Jeannel, 1934 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini) is solved, and it is redescribed and newly recorded in South Korea. A new species is also described from the Russian Far East: Ptomaphagus (s. str.) hayashiisp. n.Relevant morphological characters of the concerned species are illustrated with colour plates, and their 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: IUT Paris Diderot, Université Paris Diderot case 7139 Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5, rue Thomas Mann, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perreau
authors.affiliation: Kashiwagaya 1112-16, Ebina, 243-0402 Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
keywords: Cholevinae; Leiodidae; Ptomaphagus; new species; taxonomy; the Korean Peninsula; the Russian Far East