Ptomaphagus sp. 1 ♀

Wang, Cheng-Bin, Perreau, Michel, Ruzicka, Jan & Nishikawa, Masaaki, 2017, Revision of the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig from eastern Asia (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae), ZooKeys 715, pp. 69-92 : 85

Ptomaphagus sp. 1 ♀

Material examined.

1♀, N. E. Burma / Kambaiti, 2000 m / 12-17.6.34, Malaise [leg.] // Riksmuseum / Stockholm // Ptomaphagus (s. str.) / kuntzeni Sok. / det. / Szymczakowski 1964 // 9557 / E91 + // NHRS-JLKB / 000027149 (NHRS).

Remarks.

Szymczakowski (1964) reported this female specimen as belonging to Ptomaphagus (s. str.) kuntzeni . However, Nishikawa (2011) and Wang et al. (2016a) disputed his identification. After dissecting it, we found that the spermatheca is curved in the distal part and coiled in the proximal part, but P. (s. str.) kuntzeni is so far the only species in the group sibiricus in which the spermatheca is not coiled in proximal part. Thus P. (s. str.) kuntzeni is excluded from the list of known fauna of Myanmar.