Ptomophagus spelaeus, (Bilimek, 1867: 902)

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 58

P. spelaeus ( Bilimek, 1867: 902)

(Choleva); Jeannel, 1922: 41 (footnote) comb. (to Dissochaetus ), 1936: 93 comb. (assignment to subgenus, both not stated as taxonomic change), 1949: 98 (assignment to group spelaeus); Peck, 1971b: 11, 1973a: 136 (assignment to group), 1973b: 104 (no new record), 1977: 202; Salgado, 2005d: 974. No information about types in original description;

? Syntype (s) (sex and number of specimens not given) in NHMW [in Jeannel, 1922 and 1936; type(s) not located in NHMW and considered lost by Peck, 1971b; but confirmed to be at NHMW by Jan Růžička (2019, personal comm.)].

Type locality: Cueva de Ca- cahuamilpa, [Guerrero State], Mexico.

Distribution: Mexico: Guerrero, Jalisco, and Oaxaca States. Biology: Troglophile and in forests.

= Choleva cacahuamilpensis Herrera, 1891: 219 ; Peck, 1971b: 11 syn. Holotype [a single specimen in origi- nal description, assumed as holotype; sex and depository not given; the illustration gives the impression to be a female] not located [type depository unknown, Peck, 1971 b, 1973a: 136]. Type locality: Caverna de Cacahuamilpa, Agua Bendita, [Guerrero State], Mexico.